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Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 29, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Tamara Dean, Samanth Subramanian, Sasha Plotnikova, Steve Edwards, and Caity Weaver.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 30, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Hannah Dreier, Doug Bock Clark, Samanth Subramanian, Michael Hobbes, Jonathan Cohn, Kate Sheppard, Alex Kaufman, Delphine D’Amora, Chris D’Angelo, and Emily Peck, and Kris Willcox and Michelle Ruiz.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 31, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Wendy C. Ortiz, Mary South, Jeremiah Moss, Nora Caplan-Bricker, and Samanth Subramanian.

Posted inUncategorized

The Nontrivial Pursuit of Quiz Glory

by benhuberman January 30, 2020October 19, 2022

Even in the age of the search engine, the pleasure of knowing the right answer endures.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Question Time: My Life as a Quiz Obsessive

by benhuberman January 29, 2020October 19, 2022

From India and Ireland to the U.S., quiz tournaments are enduringly popular even — if not especially — as information has become more accessible than ever.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

One Coastal Scottish Village Learns the Real Meaning of Community

by Aaron Gilbreath April 18, 2018October 19, 2022

The Scottish village of Portpatrick saved its harbor and identity through a once-obscure ownership model, community shares.

Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes, Travel

The Business of Building a Country’s Brand

by Aaron Gilbreath November 8, 2017October 19, 2022

A whole sector of the marketing industry shapes stories about nations and cities to shape our opinions about place.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Questions We Don’t Ask Our Grandparents

by Longreads November 6, 2013October 19, 2022

“We see our parents aging before our eyes, but we regard our grandparents as such oaks, their mortality not once entering our thoughts because they have always, to us, been old. By the time I began to realize the urgency of learning about him, he was gone. I never had the chance — or, to […]

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