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#AmazingRace starts its 37th trip around the world tomorrow on #CBS. To celebrate—and maybe avoid other news tonight!—read (or revisit) my oral history of the first season, a super-deep dive into how it was created. #longreads https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2021/09/amazing-race-season-one-oral-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
"Pennell left a trove of letters and diaries behind, but they sat largely unconsulted for a century. The romance hidden inside them was a gift waiting for the right moment to be discovered."
An excerpt from the new Atavist Magazine issue by Allegra Rosenberg:
https://longreads.com/2025/03/04/antarctica-south-pole-expedition-love/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
"In a city that never sleeps, Gorton wasn’t allowed to sleep, either. Even in the richest and most glamorous neighborhoods of Manhattan, the font would be there, doing the devil’s work without complaining. Gorton made Gotham feel bougie; American Typewriter touristy."
@mwichary on #typography: https://longreads.com/2025/03/04/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/
"Hunting is an essential part of the traditional San lifestyle dating back thousands of years. Now, it is still a means for survival, just in a more convoluted way."
Anthony J. Wallace for Foreign Policy: https://longreads.com/2025/03/03/shooting-an-elephant-in-botswana/
"It seemed inevitable that he would soon ascend to the highest plane attainable for a goose — or a person, for that matter — in postindustrial America: He was on the cusp of becoming a brand."
https://longreads.com/2025/02/28/who-killed-the-footless-goose/
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"Perhaps the wry twist in Twain’s output came from a similar torque in his guts. A friend once called my prose voice 'acidic.' With an iron stomach, might I read less bitter?"
Will Boast for Virginia Quarterly Review: https://longreads.com/2025/02/27/from-the-gut/
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