Recommending noteworthy reads from Tim Prudente and Stokely Baksh, Rachel Aviv, Abby Tickell, Nick Zarzycki, and Andrea Sachs.
The Washington Post
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Pieces from Benji Jones, Howard Bryant, Carey Baraka, Sally Jenkins, and Jeannette Cooperman.
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Riding the Baddest Bulls Made Him a Legend. Then One Broke His Neck.
“Rodeo stars find purpose in navigating primal forces. None of them ever went harder than J.B. Mauney.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we have stories from Amelia Tait, Dan Zak, Daniel Kolitz, Geoffrey Mak, Danielle Carr, Leon Dische Becker, Amber A’Lee Frost, P.E. Moskowitz, Joshua Tempelhof, Elenda Comay del Junco, Kendall Waldman, Devon Fredericksen, and J.D. Daniels.
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The Hero
“Rich Fierro fought in America’s war on terror. Then terror found him at home.”
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The Judgment of São Miguel
“But so many had turned away from his church that soon, demographers say, if not already, Brazil would for the first time no longer be majority-Catholic.”
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Ripples of Hate
“A chance encounter at N.Y. playground leaves a father asking, ‘What is justice now?’”
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A Hunger for Strangeness: A Cryptids Reading List
What legendary beasts might we discover to be not so legendary after all?
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The Librarian Who Couldn’t Take It Anymore
“She loved books. And in a time of spreading book bans in public schools, that’s why this Florida librarian had to quit.”
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Game, Set, Fix
“As gambling on tennis exploded into a $50 billion industry, he had infiltrated the sport, paying pros more to lose … than they could make by winning tournaments.”