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"They have names like Hashtag Uppity, Flamin Paws, Mizzen the Point, and Corona Virus. . . At top speed, the greyhound inhabits its modern ensign: almost completely horizontal, a flying em dash." Michelle Orange Oxford American oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/greyhou…

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"Flushing had real dynamism, but we didn’t have the proper vocabulary to talk about it. The neighborhood didn’t fit neatly into an American success story. It looked too much like an Asian success story." Jefferson Mao for Urban Omnibus: urbanomnibus.net/2025/05/neithe…

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"Then, after over a year of research, I found myself on a mountainside deep in the park—with 130 baby trout on my back." Alex Brown's new #longreads story is the wild tale of a tiny fishing club's battle with the feds over alien trout: longreads.com/2025/05/29/fis…

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"At last, after three pricked fingers, I managed to fill the paper outline with red. Staring down at the circle of hard-earned blood, I wondered: How much plastic is in there?" —Elyse Hauser for Slate slate.com/technology/202…

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"While his father was supposedly driving Porsches and cashing paychecks from GQ Magazine, Thompson was growing up the only son of a nurse in Anchorage." —Will Steinfield for Chilkat Valley News #longreads chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/05/15/hai…

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"As of his sixth birthday next month, he will have 2,462 seconds, his entire life compressed as I wanted to remember it, into approximately 41 minutes." Kristin Winet for Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature: panoramajournal.org/issues/issue-1…

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"I cherished the whole sequin-heavy, three-hour, glittery, multicultural spectacle that was our continent’s pop music Olympics." #longreads Vesna Jaksic Lowe Electric Literature electricliterature.com/eurovision-rem…

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"My treasured memories, I’ve learned, are all subsidized by a massive Fish Industrial Complex—one that has taken a toll on all sorts of insects, invertebrates, frogs, and salamanders." #longreads longreads.com/2025/05/29/fis…

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"No one could understand the cause of Mary’s death. Or that it was to be the first in an episode of horror the entire nation would never forget." —Michael Solomon for Truly*Adventurous trulyadventure.us/poison-pill

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"Traveling the entire length was the equivalent of climbing and descending more than eighteen Mount Everests over a distance equivalent to nearly fifty marathons." Read an excerpt from @cassidyrandall's thrilling new The Atavist Magazine story, THE LONGEST JOURNEY: longreads.com/2025/06/03/coa…

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"My husband read a biography of J. Edgar Hoover by candlelight as the fire raged in the windows behind him. The air inside the house smelled like a bonfire, then like something toxic." katya apekina Alta Journal altaonline.com/california-boo…

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"Colorado’s psychedelic movement has not only been supported by clinicians and policymakers, but it’s also increasingly embraced by private capital financiers, wellness gurus, wine moms, and tech bros." @milehighrobert for 5280 Magazine: 5280.com/i-tried-magic-…