“‘Pethood’ is a specific lens, one that reveals more about us than it does about the inner lives of the animals we have domesticated.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend stories by Elizabeth Bruenig, Joshua St.Clair, Tan Tuck Ming, José Vergara, and Eleanor Cummins.
‘Almost Home’: On Place, Legacy, Growing Up in Atlanta, and Symbols of White Supremacy
An essay on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.
Almost Home
Pete Candler reflects on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.
When Music Speaks to Our Experience
Anton Webern’s Concerto, Opus 24 had the structure that was missing from one young musician’s life.
Finding Time to Write Even During the Busiest of Times
How Jami Attenberg helped form a supportive online literary community with #1000WordsofSummer.
I Paid $710 to Sneak Into This Club
We wear slogan tees to signal our politics and identify ourselves to like-minded thinkers — but maybe they mask more than they reveal.
In the End, It’s All Just the Stories We Tell
Diana Arterian’s sad, lyrical essay on the legacy of the Armenian Genocide in the diaspora centers on a family story that everyone has heard — but that no one knows the truth of.
The Rising Seas Are Coming From Inside the House
On Game of Thrones and climate change: “Every city in the world is built on wildfire.”
The Fantasy of an Enemy
“It’s still raining in Houston, and Game of Thrones is not a show about climate change, not really, because it’s possible to win The Game of Thrones.”