Even the Steam Had a Shadow By Longreads Feature “He couldn’t remember coming here, or going anywhere. He looked down at himself. With a writhe of horror, he found he couldn’t even remember getting dressed. His clothes were unfamiliar.”
‘Can You Imagine How That Felt?’: Blake Bailey’s Predations, As Told By His Students By Seyward Darby Highlight
Death of Writing, Writing of Death: A Reading List on Artificial Intelligence and Language By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Reading List Five longreads on artificial intelligence and a future filled with machine-written prose.
The Alarmist: Is One of the Pandemic’s Loudest Scientific Voices Helping or Hurting Public Health? By Seyward Darby Highlight
A Sketch Artist, a Grieving Mother, and An Unsolved Mystery By Longreads Feature They set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.
‘Can You Imagine How That Felt?’: Blake Bailey’s Predations, As Told By His Students By Seyward Darby Highlight
The Cult That Promises to Cure Addiction By Longreads Feature For 50 years, Enthusiastic Sobriety programs have offered to help teenagers kick drugs and alcohol. But former followers say ES doesn’t save lives—it destroys them.
‘Can You Imagine How That Felt?’: Blake Bailey’s Predations, As Told By His Students By Seyward Darby Highlight
Twenty Years Later: A 9/11 Reading List By Krista Stevens Feature Six stories on the immediate and ongoing aftermath of the attacks that took place on September 11th, 2001.
This Visionary Chef Has Unlocked the Secrets of the Sea Floor. Can He Change the Way We Eat? By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight Harvesting rice from the sea? This Spanish chef dreams big.
‘Every Single Person Migrating Has a Story’: Caitlin Dwyer on the Emotional Underlayers of Family Separation By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Feature The writer describes her process of reporting and shaping her recent essay, “The State of Waiting,” which explores love in the shadow of war and immigration policy.
“The Internet Is Inside Us”: Patricia Lockwood on the Portal, Twitter, and Her New Novel By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight
A Tall Tree Reading List By Carolyn Wells Feature Let’s go down to the woods today … with a reading list all about trees.
A Bike Race, Family, and Loss By Carolyn Wells Highlight “We took turns sitting beside my dad and holding his hand. On the TV in the living room, the Tour raced.”