“I hated the mindless reassurance and generic empathy.”
The Walrus
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He Was a Legendary Newsroom Colleague. Turned Out He Had a Secret Past
“How an unexpected email led me to crack the mystery of Charles Saunders.”
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Welcome Back to the Office. You Won’t Get Anything Done
“Return to office mandates aren’t about output. They’re about asserting control.”
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The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem
“Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Hannah S. Palmer, Jeremy Thomas Gilmer, Spencer Campbell, Mia Sato, and Dina Gachman.
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Whiteouts, Ice Roads, and Wolverines: What Working at a Diamond Mine in the Far North Is Like
“In minus forty, even a twisted ankle can turn deadly if no one knows where to find you.”
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How I Solved the Century-Old Mystery of a Miraculous Shipwreck Survivor
“In a disaster worse than the Titanic, it was believed a young man swam over six kilometres to safety. It didn’t add up.”
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My Father Could Have Changed the World. Instead, He Changed Mine
“He embodied the traits of our great ancestors—but ended up a drug dealer who broke his family.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we have stories from Sarah Miller, James D. Walsh, Hanif Abdurraqib, Gabrielle Drolet, and Jeremiah David.
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How to Make a Living as a Writer
“Horse stories in the morning, erotica in the afternoon.”