“The writer and farmer on local knowledge, embracing limits, and the exploitation of rural America.”
The New Yorker
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Bad medicine, imperfect sound forever, know when to fold ’em, brainiacs, and a call of the wild.
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The Children a Scientist Took Home
Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took from the field to the US—many of whom he sexually molested, with the knowledge and, in some cases, approval of his professional peers and colleagues: In his journals and […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Andrew Fedorov, Shayla Love, Malcolm Johnston, Erin Somers, and Chris Stanton.
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G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost
“A new book, ‘Little Blue Dot,’ by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.”
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Parting Shot
“Stormy Morse lost two partners to gun suicide. Then the NRA came to collect.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
War stories, new colors, and the joy in getting hands on in art and gardening.
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What Would It Mean to See a New Color?
“Olo can be described as the ‘greenest green,’ though it can never be captured by a camera. But its development tells us a lot about our color vision.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: in a pickle; gut feeling; king of pain; life (or something like it); for those about to rock.
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Johnny Knoxville, America’s God of Mischief
“What moves the star of ‘Jackass’ to risk his life for our entertainment? A very serious investigation.”