This week, we’re sharing stories from Arundhati Roy, Josh Levin, Susan Matthews, and Molly Olmstead, Alison Criscitiello, Grayson Haver Currin, and Alan Siegel.
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Hunting the Men Who Kill Women: Mexico’s Femicide Detective
“But if Guerrera was part of a movement of journalists chronicling the murders of women, she went one step further. She started trying to solve them, too.”
Posted inNonfiction
The Syrian Rebels Who Found Refuge in Books
In a town under siege from Assad’s regime, a small group built a library from books rescued from the rubble.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alexander Chee, Matt Gallagher, Delphine Minoui, Lauren Markham, and Jamie Figueroa.
Posted inQuotes
The Joy of a Pointless Walk
“Maybe walking into some marshes, and deciding at an undetermined future point to stop walking, was what was available to the Romantics, but I think we can do better.”
Posted inNonfiction
Graded by an Algorithm
“Algorithms…don’t go on mutant rampages, they only sometimes reveal and amplify the cruddy human biases that underpin them.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from David Armstrong and Marshall Allen, Jesselyn Cook, Jason Sheehan, Tom Lamont, and Heather Stokes.
Posted inNonfiction
Taking Your Butt to a Higher Level
“Working in concert with the perfect breasts, the perfect bottom turns the body into the shape of an S. ‘It’s the classic hourglass figure,’ said Melissa. ‘That’s what you go after.'”
Posted inQuotes
How Vocal Injury Can Change You
“But in ‘speaking around’ that injury, I was apparently projecting a new personality into the world: a more monotone, less enthusiastic, less engaged personality.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Caitlin L. Chandler, Kelan Lyons, Daniel Loedel, John Colapinto, and Shay Castle.