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  • Link Party: 5/30-6/3

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. “Seven People Dancing,” by Langston Hughes. 2. A father takes his 14-year-old daughter to see Hamilton. It’s okay if you tear up a little bit while you read this post. 3. The fabulist who changed journalism. 4. Even though I have my reservations about the candidate herself, this…

  • Link Party: 5/23-5/27

    Coincidentally, I read a lot of good profiles this week. Here’s what I read: 1. Stevie Nicks is a precious, precious gem that we should appreciate more. 2. I might have a slight crush on Daveed Diggs, but who wouldn’t? 3. The surreal saga of Bobby Shmurda. (#FreeBobbyShmurda). 4. This is the story of a man…

  • Link Party: 5/9-5/13

    Is it just me, or are the weeks just peeling by? Before we know it, it’ll be summer — a time I both look forward to (the mood) and despise (the weather). Here’s what I read this week: 1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 45 years later. 2. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Chance the Rapper, in…

  • Link Party: 5/2-5/6

    This week was a great week in Internet writing. Here’s what I read: 1. This new Joan Didion piece is just her notes from reporting on the Patty Hearst trial in the 1970s, and it’s still incredible writing. I am in awe. 2. America and Allrecipes. 3. The eternal magic of Beirut. 4. The stories of…

  • Link Party: 4/25-4/29

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This essay about working for a tech company in Silicon Valley is harrowing. 2. A glimpse of Larry Gagosian’s art empire. 3. I didn’t live on campus when I was in college, but I appreciated this essay about campus dining hall food. 4. An interview with the woman…

  • Link Party: 4/18-4/22

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Earning the “woke” badge. 2. The social media cabals that run the Internet. 3. The Coachella way of life. 4. How rich was Shakespeare? 5. Finding “lost” civilizations. And a bonus: Starting at 3:28, Prince’s incredible guitar solo in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at the 2004 tribute…

  • Link Party: 4/11-4/15

    I had a great week, and I hope you did too. Here’s what I read: 1. This is a fascinating read on Minecraft and the kids that play it. 2. Instagram is ruining vacation. 3. What working at Sephora is like. 4. The miniskirt‘s unabashedly feminist history. 5. A conversation with Elena Ferrante. And a bonus:…

  • Link Party: 4/4-4/8

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This 9-year-old reporter and her community news efforts make me so proud. 2. This is a stupendous feature on Yellowstone National Park and its wildlife. This is a must-read. 3. The work of professional taste testers. 4. Read about the guy who recorded, tamed and sold nature sounds to…

  • Link Party: 3/28-4/1

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. The zen of the Buzzfeed Tasty video. 2. Hillary Clinton, “superpredators” and the deep roots of mass incarceration in the United States. 3. Lost in Trumplandia. (This is very, very good.) 4. The most important sentence on this article about Instagram’s switch to an algorithmic feed: “Our current…

  • Link Party: 3/14-3/25

    I spent an extra-long weekend in Seattle last week, so I didn’t have much time to read on the Internet / compile a roundup before I left on Thursday. That means that this week you get double the links, which also means double the partying. Here’s what I’ve read lately: 1. Kinfolk and the hipster aesthetic. 2.…