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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

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The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales

"For $100, I bought bric-a-brac that explains a nation."
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The People Who Know Too Much: A Reading List on Amateur Experts

The people whose private fixations become a way of seeing, remembering, and caring for the world.
longreads 27h ago

The Brexit Catch

"Britain's fishermen became the folk heroes of Brexit. In Brixham, they were promised a brighter future.
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‘David Bowie Was a Crazy Workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an Oral History

"Today, Jim Henson’s dark fairytale is seen as a classic of 80s high camp.
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Happy Fucking Birthday

"An exhausted America turns two hundred and fifty."
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Weed Habit

"What would these weeds say of the city if they could talk?"