“What Darwin saw in the Galápagos.”
The Atlantic
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition:
• Showing our age
• Special delivery
• Unfriendly wagers
• A shore thing
• Sale therapy
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The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales
“For $100, I bought bric-a-brac that explains a nation.”
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The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent
“The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.”
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Friction: A Reading List on Why Inconvenience Can Be Meaningful
Five stories that explore the risks and rewards of life’s little hurdles.
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‘This Was Our Life’: A Reading List on Multigenerational Caregiving
Five stories on the overwhelming, profound art of caring for other people.
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How Everest Has Changed Since Into Thin Air
“Scaling the world’s highest mountain is a very different experience than it was when I climbed it.”
Posted inQuestionnaire
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Vauhini Vara
The author of Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age and The Immortal King Rao on memorable meals and books about whales.
Posted inEditor's Pick
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
“For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: the jaws of history; war and piece(s); the last day of camp; stay a while; picture me rollin’.