Find Yourself By Elizabeth Isadora Gold Feature From way back in ’80s Philadelphia, Elizabeth Isadora Gold remembers her first writing teacher, the mail art artist/lyricist Stu Horn.
The Powerful Decide By Longreads Feature What makes good or bad design happen anywhere depends on who has the most power.
This Week in Books: Farewell Longreads! I’m Taking This Rodeo to Substack. By Dana Snitzky Commentary
How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries By Irina Dumitrescu Feature A professor embarks on a six-month binge of celebrity-led online courses.
1600 Days in Solitary Confinement, and Counting By Krista Stevens Highlight “She continued to write me, though she presumably risked retribution: more time in solitary, more nutraloaf, additional restrictions.”
Inside the Chaos of Immigration Court By Gabriel Thompson Feature Gabriel Thompson takes us into San Francisco Immigration Court and the labyrinthine system that asylum seekers—and attorneys and judges—are up against.
Find Yourself By Elizabeth Isadora Gold Feature From way back in ’80s Philadelphia, Elizabeth Isadora Gold remembers her first writing teacher, the mail art artist/lyricist Stu Horn.
Marmalade: A Very British Obsession By Olivia Potts Feature Captain Scott took jars to the Antarctic with him, and Edmund Hillary took one up Everest. Marmalade is part of the British national myth. Livvy Potts wants to know why.
Notes for a Post-apocalyptic Novel By Frederick Reimers Feature When things get hard, we look to our most fundamental relationships. This is the story of a son, a father, a camper van, a pandemic, and the ties that bind.
Who Gets a Vaccine? By Carolyn Wells Highlight We may not have a COVID-19 vaccine, but who will even get it when we do?
Let the Unexpected Expand the Landscape of the Possible By Michelle Weber Highlight “In general, I try to expect nothing and hope that everything is possible. I want the courage to need very little and demand a lot.”
