Our Picks
California Notes
Didion's thoughts about California from when she covered the Patty Hearst trial in 1976.
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Source: New York Review of Books
Published: May 4, 2016
Length: 9 minutes (2491 words)
The Model American
Melania Trump is "the ultimate embodiment of Donald Trump’s bargain with the electorate."
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Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 2, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3824 words)
My Dinner With Rasputin
Writing in 1924, Teffi, a Russian writer in exile known for her wit, recalls a series of humorous (but increasingly ominous) encounters with the trusted friend of the last Tsar of Russia.
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Source: New York Review of Books
Published: May 3, 2016
Length: 42 minutes (10692 words)
The Braves Play Taxpayers Better Than They Play Baseball
"If there’s one thing the Braves know how to do, it’s how to get money out of taxpayers."
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Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Published: April 27, 2016
Length: 13 minutes (3337 words)
A Reading List Inspired by Seattle
Six stories inspired by a recent trip to Seattle.
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Source: Longreads
Published: May 2, 2016
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, The New Yorker, GQ, n+1, RogerEbert.com, and California Sunday.
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Source: Longreads
Published: April 29, 2016
The Faithful
In Colombia, where a majority of people practice Catholicism, a small community goes on a difficult journey to convert to Orthodox Judaism.
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Source: The California Sunday Magazine
Published: April 28, 2016
Length: 29 minutes (7275 words)
How a Son Survived Being Injected with HIV by His Father
Twenty-four years ago, in an act of ghastly malice, a Missouri father plunged a needle filled with HIV-positive blood into his baby son’s vein. No one expected the son to live—but he thrived.
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Source: GQ
Published: April 28, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5424 words)
Taking Sperm from the Dead
The complicated ethics—and legality—of post-mortem sperm extraction.
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Source: Mosaic Science
Published: April 26, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5404 words)
Jenny Diski: 1947-2016
Jenny Diski died this morning at the age of 68. Here are nine stories celebrating Diski and her work.
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Source: Longreads
Published: April 28, 2016