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[New post] The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

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longreads posted: "Here are five standout pieces we read this week. You can always visit our editors' picks or our Twitter feed to see what other recommendations you may have missed. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. 1. Disaster at 18,200 Fee" Longreads The Top 5 Longreads of the Week longreads Jul 29 Here are five standout pieces we read this week. You can always visit our editors' picks  or  our Twitter feed to see what other recommendations you may have missed. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. 1. Disaster at 18,200 Feet Kelsey Vlamis | Insider | July 22nd, 2022 | 6,612 words On an attempt to summit Alaska&#

[New post] More Than a Feeling: A Blues Reading List

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Chris Wheatley posted: "By Chris Wheatley "Before Elvis there was nothing," John Lennon famously once said about his own musical awakening — but, as Presley himself frequently acknowledged, there would have been no Elvis without the blues.  It's no exaggeration to state that th" Longreads More Than a Feeling: A Blues Reading List Chris Wheatley Jul 28 By Chris Wheatley "Before Elvis there was nothing," John Lennon famously once said about his own musical awakening — but, as Presley himself frequently acknowledged, there would have been no Elvis without the blues.  It's no exaggeration to state that the blues underpins almost all modern music. BeyoncĂ©, K

[New post] What We Save, What We Destroy: A Reading List on Difficult Heritage

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Annalisa Bolin posted: "By Annalisa Bolin  Years ago, during a stop in Phnom Penh while on a backpacking trip through Southeast Asia, I visited Tuol Sleng, a museum of the Cambodian genocide, and Choeung Ek, the killing fields. Both were places where thousands of victims of the" Longreads What We Save, What We Destroy: A Reading List on Difficult Heritage Annalisa Bolin Jul 26 By Annalisa Bolin   Years ago, during a stop in Phnom Penh while on a backpacking trip through Southeast Asia, I visited Tuol Sleng, a museum of the Cambodian genocide, and Choeung Ek, the killing fields. Both were places where thousands of victims of the Khmer Rouge had been murdered; now, tourists moved al