The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Jason Fagone and Alexandria Bordas, Jennifer Senior, Lachlan Summers, Lupita Limón Corrales, and Anna Wiener.
An Unseen World: A Reading List about Fermentation By Julia Skinner Feature Ferments are found in every culture and cuisine on earth, and the history of their production is deeply interwoven with our own.
The Sickness That Stole the Trees By Seyward Darby Highlight The quest to save the American chestnut tree.
On Trees as Social Creatures and Fungi as the ‘Fabric of the Forest’ By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight Trees were previously seen as individual and solitary organisms. But the research of Suzanne Simard shows otherwise.
Finding Signs of Hope in Surprise Sugar Maples By Susan Krawitz Feature In the midst of a pandemic, nature reminds Susan Krawitz that miracles are possible.
The Leaves, They Never Stop Falling By Colin Dickey Feature Colin Dickey remembers a departed friend and a tree that won’t die.
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