Six stories about our relationships with our hair.
The Awl
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We’re Going On A Bear Hunt in New Jersey
Chris Pomorski joins avid hunter Tom Slaughter (yes, that’s his real name) on a bear hunt, visiting the woods and a check station for hunters to register their “harvests.”
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Jia Tolentino Remembers the Books She Started and the Books She Shelved
“Editing is a fugue state; the time self-erases.”
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We’ll All Float On: An Examination of the Sensory Deprivation Tank
There are franchises, retreat centers, books and consulting companies, all dedicated to the physical (and sometimes the New Age/metaphysical) benefits of a quick dip in an isolation tank.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
We Are All Compromised: The Access Game Isn’t Dead Yet
News organizations, credibility, and who gets the exclusive interview.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
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Returning to a Simpler Cup of Coffee
“Cheap coffee is one of America’s most unsung comfort foods.”
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Musical Genius Is a Gendered Idea
But really, what is a musician’s voice if not distinctive? Isn’t that… good? Entire pieces have been written about the voices of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, so American and vital and wise in their manly scratchiness, like unshaved bristle and whiskey and dirt. Man voice make music good. Woman voice music bad: Too high. […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Art World: Like Time Travel for Women
It’s strange, in the years of Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer changing comedy, and Tina Fey making room in TV, and Hillary Clinton making her cicada-like, quadrennial return, to pan the camera across the rigid men’s club of the arts. From the Chelsea galleries to the spring and fall auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s (which […]