Whether competition between artists or strife within a band, popular music features some of pop culture’s messiest rivalries.
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Untold Fortunes: A Reading List on the Creative Uses of the Tarot
Five stories that explore cultural and literary references to the tarot.
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On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: Jaws
“And how it owes its dark soul to Moby-Dick.”
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One Thing After Another: A Reading List for Lovers & Makers of Lists
Five stories celebrating the power and beauty of lists.
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“A Thousand Eulogies Are Exported to the Comma.” Of Syntax and Genocide
Nicki Kattoura on the impossibility of writing about the destruction of Gaza.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending reads from David A. Taylor, Rebecca Solnit, Nicholas Russell, D.T. Max, and Jori Lewis.
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Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change
“I love dramatic stories too, but I think they tend to mislead us about how change happens.”
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Buon Appetito: A Reading List on Italian Food
Six stories to challenge your assumptions about one of the world’s most iconic cuisines.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re sharing stories from Jennifer Senior, Danyel Smith, Christopher Mathias, Mitchell Consky, and Tamara Saade.
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Beirut, at Sunset
“Beirut is a feeling that can’t be described. It can only be lived.”