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Love Language  - Longreads

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By Peter Rubin 
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Esperanto has always been a bit of trivia in my brain, nothing more: It’s the rare constructed language that has a sizable footprint and speaking population. (Sorry, Klingon and Dothraki.) But Katie Thornton’s trip to the 110th annual World Esperanto Congress opened my eyes—or, rather, malfermis miajn okulojn. This might just be the most wholesome, hopeful piece you read all week. Thanks, L.L. Zamenhof. Zamenhof never intended for his language to evolve wholly organically.
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Grate Expectations: The Troubled Quest for Tasty Vegan Cheese

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By Peter Rubin 
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By now, plant-based meat and milk alternatives are so common as to be unremarkable, but the same can’t be said for the third pillar of vegan faux-food engineering: cheese. Much of that, as Sam Colbert explains, has to do with how casein works; it simply melts and stretches in a way that resists emulation. That doesn’t stop food scientists from trying, though, and Colbert tours the labs (and cautionary tales) of some of those companies trying to create the first viable mozza-really?.
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The Man Who Reads Books For a Living (One Every Two Days)

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By Peter Rubin 
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As with any editor, reading is part of my job. But never have I been asked to do what’s expected of Clarke Speicher: read a novel in two days (or sometimes one), and prepare a lengthy memo detailing how it might be adapted into film. Sounds like a plush gig, right? Not so fast. Although Speicher enjoys his work, it exists on the margins of the lucrative entertainment industry, making it a true labor of love. For Lit Hub, Julien Levy profiles the man who reads everything.
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