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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 13, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jennifer Senior, Aaron Hutchins, Molly Ball, Diana Hubbell, and Vauhini Vara.

Posted inEditor's Pick

What Mike Fanone Can’t Forget

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 12, 2021October 19, 2022

“There is a thin blue line between order and chaos, and at that moment, Mike Fanone was it.”

Posted inFood, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

This Visionary Chef Has Unlocked the Secrets of the Sea Floor. Can He Change the Way We Eat?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 29, 2021October 19, 2022

Harvesting rice from the sea? This Spanish chef dreams big.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Seeding the Ocean: Inside a Michelin-Starred Chef’s Revolutionary Quest to Harvest Rice From the Sea

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 22, 2021October 19, 2022

Can eelgrass — and the innovation of Spanish chef Ángel León — change the way we feed the world?

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 11, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Tressie McMillan Cottom, Kashmir Hill, R.O. Kwon, Jaime Lowe, and Steve Edwards.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 4, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Kavitha Surana and Hannah Dreier, Garrett M. Graff, Dani Shapiro, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Lauren Hough.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How a DNA Testing Kit Revealed a Family Secret Hidden for 54 Years

by Sari Botton January 3, 2019October 19, 2022

A personal essay by memoirist Dani Shapiro about discovering, accidentally through DNA testing, that the father she knew was not her biological parent. In the piece she advocates for the rights of children produced through assisted reproduction, after decades in which those of parents and donor prevailed, and children were kept in the dark about […]

Posted inCulture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Home Is a Mixed Bag, Like America

by Aaron Gilbreath July 30, 2018October 19, 2022

Why would a successful black woman move from the Bay Area back to Mississippi?

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

A (Tempered) Victory for the Silence-Breakers

by Sari Botton December 8, 2017October 19, 2022

Time magazine chooses as its Person of the Year those who’ve spoken up against sexual predators — and as runner-up, a sexual predator.

Posted inEditor's Pick

TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence-Breakers

by Sari Botton December 7, 2017October 19, 2022

In a round-up cover story, Time Magazine recognizes various women and a few men in media and other fields who had the courage this year to speak out about the sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination they endured from men in power. Unfortunately, the magazine undermined the impact of naming the “silence-breakers” of the #MeToo moment […]

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