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The Sunday Long Read Turns 10. Now What? Isn’t that what reading is? Americans 15-to-54 years old now spend less than 10 minutes per day reading for personal interest, on average The line between “I do not” and “I can not” can only hold for so long Reading has gone from a fact of life to a luxury experience, and—*takes a look around*—we’re all paying the price
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This Week In Archives - The Sunday Long Read We’ve got another packed list of reads this week, headlined by our first SLR Original of the year—one we’re extremely proud of We hope you’ll check it out Click here to open this week’s edition of the Sunday Long Read
In the Land of the Very Old, Part Two - The Sunday Long Read Editor’s note: Sam Toperoff, who died in June at the age of 90, wrote this piece earlier this year as a sequel to “In The Land of the Very Old,” a Sunday Long Read Original essay published in January That piece, enormously popular with SLR readers, was Sam’s way of delivering his observations and wisdom on aging in a clever, thoughtful
SLR Originals - The Sunday Long Read In addition to rolling out a weekly newsletter, The Sunday Long Read publishes five to ten pieces of original longform journalism each year It’s an effort undertaken with the best interests of readers and writers alike That means vibrant storytelling, reliable reporting and importantly, fair pay If you’re a writer interested in working
About - The Sunday Long Read The goal of The Sunday Long Read newsletter is simple: To put the past week’s best journalism in your hands every Sunday morning—or, as a friend said, “to screw up my Sundays with far too much great stuff to read ”
Presidential historian Jim Robenalt talks surprising JFK home movie . . . Amanda Ulrich, Sunday Long Read: You’ve written about JFK a lot — this isn’t the first time Can you talk about when you first became interested in this particular former president? Jim Robenalt: I’ve always been interested in JFK I grew up a Catholic and, you know, it was a devastating time; I was like in second grade when he was
For Pulitzer-winning Eli Saslow, good writing is . . . - The Sunday Long Read “Really, I write stories that are almost entirely seen in dialogue,” he told The Sunday Long Read “If there are quotes in the story, it’s two people talking to each other ” To capture those intimate moments, Saslow tries to plan his reporting for when some notable action or movement might be happening in someone’s life But being