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Love and Ruin: Tales of Obsession, Danger, and Heartbreak from The Atavist Magazine
Love and Ruin: Tales of Obsession, Danger, and Heartbreak from The Atavist Magazine | Evan Ratliff
Extraordinary stories of crime, passion, and adventure from The Atavist magazine, the trailblazing leader in longform narrative writing. Since its inception, The Atavist Magazine has been a pioneer of todays longform journalism renaissance. Now, Love and Ruin brings ten of the magazines most astonishing stories into print for the first time. These writers have taken reporting to the extremes of nature, turned inward to explore what makes us human, and burrowed deep into archives in search of mysterious figures and events more surprising than anything in contemporary fiction. What unifies these nonfiction masterpieces is the keen eye with which their writers capture the details of human experience, and their knack for hooking us into a story and never letting go. With stories by: James Verini Leslie Jamison Vanessa Veselka Jon Mooallem Cris Beam Brooke Jarvis David Dobbs Adam Higginbotham Evan Ratliff Matthew Shaer
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msford88
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Picked this up today. I'm a huge fan of The Atavist, so I'm excited to dive in.

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Spiderfelt
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My backyard may be a ruin, it didn't stop me from loving this collection of long form articles collected from the online magazine The Atavist. I was attracted by the cover and title, but stayed for the stories. There wasn't a dud in the bunch. Have you heard of 52 Hertz, the loneliest blue whale? What about the plan to raise hippopotamuses in Louisiana to solve the meat shortage before the advent of factory farms? Me neither, but now I do.

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Sarrie
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I really enjoyed all of these. There was a little bit of everything from history, crime, personal memoir, animals, etc. It's really engaging and I would definitely recommend it if you're looking to start trying to read more non-fiction.

Notafraidofwords I finished this one not too long ago and just some more than others. Loved the last one essay. 8y
Sarrie @Notafraidofwords Yeah! The last one was definitely one of the strongest ones. I think I liked that one and the 52 Blue one. It just stuck in my head for a long time. 8y
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Sarrie
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"To be reminded that there is a universe outside your own tiny experience is marvelous. It enlarges you. You are better, and smarter, andmore humane, more empathetic, for it."
A great quote for #Diverseathon I think.

sherrynuts Love it! 😍 8y
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Notafraidofwords
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This took me a while to finish. I don't know if it's b/c it's 400 pgs or b/c-well sometimes life. I enjoyed these long form journalistic essays that explored moments in history. For example, the sinking of a ship due to Sandy, the time Americans considered eating hippopotamuses...The essays were long, but demonstrated the power of journalism. Some essays were so good, I was at the edge of my seat. If you like Capote's style, you might like this.

BookishFeminist Oh this sounds interesting!! 8y
Notafraidofwords @BookishFeminist so interesting, the things humans obsess about is so unique 8y
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Notafraidofwords
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#lunchtimereading while I struggle through this Friday. I picked this up randomly at the library and I'm enthralled. If you are a fan of longform journalism...you might like this one. First essay was fascinating- in depth look at Afghanistan. Next essay appears interesting too: a whale that sings at a frequency that other whales cannot hear. What does this whale 🐳 tell us about isolation and finding meaning in this world?

mauveandrosysky I remember reading about that whale somewhere else. It made me so sad. (edited) 8y
Notafraidofwords Anyone else struggling through their workday? 8y
Notafraidofwords @mauveandrosysky oh man. Now you're preparing me for sadness! 8y
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