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A Murder in Berlin

Crows become familiars for a writer living on the surface of a changing city.

by Susanna Forrest

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Paging Dr. House: A Medical Mysteries Reading List

Once upon a time, I wanted to be a doctor. Never mind my terrible grades in all things science. Never mind that I decided this in my second year of college, after deciding that the…

by Lisa Bubert

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Froggie regrets. A precious ticket to a Chicago Bulls game. A conversation about AI and nature. A profile of the world’s most famous unknown writer. And to finish, a look back to last Friday and…

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Nature Isn’t Called ‘the Wild’ for Nothing: A Queer Ecology Reading List

Media coverage of the natural world rarely acknowledges it, but queerness exists everywhere we look. Homosexuality can be found in 1,500 species. In the wild, there are also examples of asexuality, gender fluidity, polyamory, and…

by Clare Egan

Editors’ Picks

“Blurred Lines,” Harbinger of Doom

Jayson Greene | Pitchfork | March 29, 2023 | 4,435 words

“How Robin Thicke, Pharrell, and T.I.’s cursed megahit predicted everything bad about the past decade in pop culture”

The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa’s Illegal Gold Mines

Kimon de Greef | The New Yorker | February 27, 2023 | 7,676 words

“When the country’s mining industry collapsed, a criminal economy grew in its place, with thousands of men climbing into some of the deepest shafts in the world, searching for leftover…

Ed Sheeran Confesses: Tears, Trauma, and Those Bad Habits

Brian Hiatt | Rolling Stone | March 21, 2023 | 6,500 words

“When he became a dad, his ‘party boy’ days ended. Then tragedy struck, forcing him to face his hidden dark side — and hit his hottest creative streak.”

America Doesn’t Know Tofu

George Stiffman | Asterisk Magazine | March 9, 2023 | 3,278 words

“China has spent millennia exploring the culinary possibilities of soybean curds. The West has barely scratched the surface.”

My Decade of Temporary Homes

Rachel Heng | Esquire | March 22, 2023 | 5,093 words

“I see, in hindsight, how mastering the ability to see through cards did not seem like an impossible thing to him. He had made seemingly impossible things happen before.”

A Scammer Who Tricks Instagram Into Banning Influencers Has Never Been Identified. We May Have Found Him.

Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis | Pro Publica | March 26, 2023 | 4,629 words

“They say Meta failed to help them and to take OBN and other account manipulators seriously.”

Documents

Diane Mehta | The Kenyon Review | Winter 2023 | 6,018 words

“I have no status inside or outside any clear borders unless I consider my mother’s uterus my original country.”

Three Abandoned Children, Two Missing Parents And a 40-year Mystery

Giles Tremlett | The Guardian | March 28, 2023 | 6,124 words

“Good people, she felt, end up doing bad things for many reasons.”

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Essays and Features

Age, Sex, Location

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Big Love

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All True At Once

by Maria Zorn March 7, 2023March 2, 2023

Bad Tape

by Dan Hernandez February 28, 2023February 27, 2023

The Teacher Crush

by Jessica L. Pavia February 21, 2023February 22, 2023

The Road to Becoming Enough

by Cassidy Randall February 16, 2023March 10, 2023

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Into the Abyss: An Extreme Sports Reading List

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A Murder in Berlin

Paging Dr. House: A Medical Mysteries Reading List

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Nature Isn’t Called ‘the Wild’ for Nothing: A Queer Ecology Reading List

Editors’ Picks

“Blurred Lines,” Harbinger of Doom

The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa’s Illegal Gold Mines

Ed Sheeran Confesses: Tears, Trauma, and Those Bad Habits

America Doesn’t Know Tofu

My Decade of Temporary Homes

A Scammer Who Tricks Instagram Into Banning Influencers Has Never Been Identified. We May Have Found Him.

Documents

Three Abandoned Children, Two Missing Parents And a 40-year Mystery

Essays and Features

Age, Sex, Location

Big Love

All True At Once

Bad Tape

The Teacher Crush

The Road to Becoming Enough

Reading Lists

Into the Abyss: An Extreme Sports Reading List

Stories of Quarantine and Upheaval: A Reading List on the Power of Personal Narrative

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A Reading List About the Neuroscience of Reading

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Messy, Messy Love: A Reading List for Star-Crossed Lovers

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Our year-end collection

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