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Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quotes

This Post Was Originally 200 Words Longer But They Weren’t Sparking Joy

by michelleweber January 21, 2019October 19, 2022

“Instead of homes, we live in commodities.”

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

Ursula K. Le Guin, Literary Legend and Cat Blogger

by Krista Stevens September 12, 2017October 19, 2022

Ursula K. Le Guin may no longer publish fiction, but that hasn’t stopped her from writing.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing

Why Fiction Haunts Us: Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on His Ghosts

by Krista Stevens July 31, 2017October 19, 2022

Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about how ghosts and authors of fiction share a similar role in today’s culture.

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Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews

Can a Company Really Disrupt Itself? Roger Hodge on Zappos and Holacracy

by heymarkarms October 7, 2015October 19, 2022

Roger Hodge went inside Zappos for his October 2015 in the The New Republic, investigating CEO Tony Hsieh’s radical decision to eliminate management and fully embrace the concept of Holacracy at the online shoe retailer. 

Posted inNonfiction, Video

Why is the AIDS Epidemic So Severe in the United States?

by Longreads March 19, 2015October 19, 2022

The nice thing about videos is that you can present a ton of information without having to explain each data point.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 13, 2015October 19, 2022

Our favorite stories of the week featuring David Carr, California Sunday, New York Review of Books, New Republic, and ESPN.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 6, 2015October 19, 2022

Our favorite stores of the week, featuring, Matter, The New York Times Magazine, New York Review of Books, The New Republic, and The Morning News.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Why One ‘Big Idea’ Won’t Save the World

by mikedang November 21, 2014October 19, 2022

In the late ’90s, an MIT economics professor named Michael Kremer wanted to find out if school kids in Kenya were better served by being given free textbooks or medicine that would eradicate stomach worms.

Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 17, 2014October 19, 2022

Below, our favorite stories of the week.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

“Oh, Jeff, that’s like asking which of my four grandchildren I prefer.”

by juliawick October 8, 2014October 19, 2022

JEFFREY ROSEN: What is the opinion that you’ve written that you think has done the most to advance civil liberties? RUTH BADER GINSBURG: Oh, Jeff, that’s like asking which of my four grandchildren I prefer. There have been so many. Well, in the women’s rights arena, the Virginia Military Institute case. So many people said to me, […]

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