A Year in Reading: A Shift in Perspective
Regular readers will notice that our annual “Best Of” series—now in its 13th year!—has undergone an evolution.
普通读者会注意到，我们的年度“最佳”系列（现已进入第 13 个年头！）已经发生了演变。
We usually share our favorite reads across several categories, and per that tradition we’ll have some great lists for you next week.
我们通常会在几个类别中分享我们最喜欢的读物，按照这一传统，我们下周将为您提供一些精彩的清单。
We wanted to try something different this year, something a little more personal.
今年我们想尝试一些不同的东西，一些更个性化的东西。
Starting today and for the remainder of the week, we’ll publish a Year in Reading reflection from each of the Longreads editors.
从今天开始，在本周剩余的时间里，我们将发布每位 Longreads 编辑的年度阅读反思。
Many pieces we’re highlighting appeared in installments of our Weekly Top 5.
我们重点介绍的许多作品都出现在我们的每周前 5 名作品中。
(You can sign up for our newsletter to receive our story recommendations and get notified of new features we publish.) Curation is at the foundation of what we do.
（您可以订阅我们的时事通讯，以接收我们的故事推荐，并收到我们发布的新功能的通知。）策展是我们工作的基础。
But in taking a new approach, we wanted to do more than recommend great reading.
但在采取新方法时，我们想做的不仅仅是推荐精彩的阅读。
We wanted to say more, to expand on the themes and threads that ran through the stories that moved us—the pieces we’ll remember well from 2024.
我们想说更多，扩展那些感动我们的故事的主题和线索——从 2024 年开始，我们将牢牢记住这些故事。
We hope you enjoy!
我们希望您喜欢！
Thank you, as always, for reading.
一如既往地感谢您的阅读。
—Carolyn, Cheri, Krista, Peter & Seyward
——卡罗琳、谢里、克里斯塔、彼得和西沃德
## A Year in Reading: A Shift in Perspective
## 一年的阅读：视角的转变
Reflecting on a year in reading is my kind of treasure hunt.
回顾这一年的阅读，是我的寻宝活动。
I knew I had shared some incredible writing, so revisiting the stories that had moved me was like a much-anticipated visit with old friends.
我知道我分享了一些令人难以置信的作品，所以重温那些让我感动的故事就像一次期待已久的拜访老朋友一样。
On sifting through my trove of editor’s picks, a few themes emerged—the wonder of insects and the environment among them—but two stood out.
在筛选编辑精选的宝藏时，出现了一些主题——昆虫及其环境的奇迹——但有两个主题脱颖而出。
Several stories revealed my fascination with the fascinated—those people deeply passionate about their craft, those for whom mastery is merely the starting point.
有几个故事揭示了我对着迷者的迷恋——那些对自己的手艺充满热情的人，对他们来说，精通只是起点。
Chicago Magazine published two incredible profiles that set my reading year off right.
《芝加哥杂志》发表了两篇令人难以置信的简介，为我的阅读年奠定了良好的基础。
In “A Knife Forged in Fire,” Laurence Gonzales introduces us to former chef Sam Goldbroch, who was “swallowed up into the mysteries of metal and fire and force” in a never-ending quest to learn what makes a good knife.
在《烈火铸就的刀》中，劳伦斯·冈萨雷斯向我们介绍了前厨师萨姆·戈德布洛赫，他“沉浸在金属、火和力量的奥秘中”，永无休止地探索如何制造一把好刀。
You must also read “The Ramen Lord” by Kevin Pang.
您还必须阅读凯文·彭（Kevin Pang）所著的《拉面大王》。
It’s an immersive, savory portrait of Mike Satinover, a man with a single obsession: creating the perfect bowl of ramen.
这是迈克·萨蒂诺弗 (Mike Satinover) 的身临其境、美味可口的肖像，他只有一个痴迷：创造一碗完美的拉面。
Moving from food to photography, I loved Wendell Brock’s profile of Paul Kwilecki, a man who spent four decades bearing witness to a single county in Georgia through the lens of his camera.
从食物转向摄影，我喜欢温德尔·布洛克 (Wendell Brock) 对保罗·奎莱茨基 (Paul Kwilecki) 的描述，他花了四十年的时间通过相机镜头见证了佐治亚州的一个县。
You’ll find the prose and images equally moving in “The Only Home He Ever Knew” at The Bitter Southerner.
在《苦涩的南方人》的《他所知道的唯一的家》中，你会发现散文和图像同样动人。
Turning to the page from the lens, “Glacial Longings” by Elizabeth Rush at Emergence Magazine is a beautiful excerpt adapted from The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth that highlights writing as a craft.
从镜头翻到这一页，伊丽莎白·拉什（Elizabeth Rush）在《新兴》杂志上撰写的《冰河渴望》是改编自《加速：天涯海角的创造与社区》的美丽摘录，强调了写作作为一门手艺。
Rush visits the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica and tests her writing skills by attempting to describe it in all its majesty.
拉什参观了南极洲的思韦茨冰川，并通过尝试描述它的雄伟壮丽来测试她的写作技巧。
If this is the struggle, I am here for it: “Of course, my desire to listen to Thwaites, to recognize its animacy, did not immediately translate into an ability to do so.
如果这就是斗争，我就在这里：“当然，我想听思韦茨的声音，认识到它的活力，但并没有立即转化为这样做的能力。
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I hadn’t imagined how profoundly apart this place would feel—how it would appear gigantic and fully formed, an entity all its own, well beyond the limits of human understanding and resistant to whatever language I might try to pin on it.”
我没有想象过这个地方会有多么遥远的感觉——它会显得巨大而完整，一个独立的实体，远远超出了人类理解的极限，并且对我试图强加给它的任何语言都有抵抗力。”
In fact, Rush’s piece acts as a bridge of sorts: the perspective shift that she experiences is the second theme that I gravitated toward throughout the year.
事实上，拉什的作品起到了某种桥梁的作用：她经历的视角转变是我全年关注的第二个主题。
Two standout essays examine what happens when human memory fails after an accident or due to disease.
两篇杰出的文章研究了当人类记忆因事故或疾病而丧失时会发生什么。
In “I Lost My Life in 2006” for Salmagundi, Judith Hannah Weiss recounts recovering from a traumatic brain injury and having to relearn to walk and talk.
在萨尔马贡迪的《我在 2006 年失去了生命》中，朱迪思·汉娜·韦斯 (Judith Hannah Weiss) 讲述了从脑外伤中恢复过来以及必须重新学习走路和说话的经历。
“Before, the word ‘neuroscience’ meant something abstract, irrelevant,” she writes.
“以前，‘神经科学’这个词意味着抽象的、无关紧要的东西，”她写道。
“Not anymore.
“不再是了。
This time, it’s personal.
这次，是个人的。
Time and space collapse.
时间和空间崩塌。
Thoughts collapse.
思绪崩溃。
So do words.” Michael Aylwin’s second-person account of caring for his wife, Vanessa, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age 49, confronts the disease’s excruciating toll on the patient, their primary carer, and their family while exposing well-meaning yet woefully inadequate government and community support.
言语也是如此。”迈克尔·艾尔文以第二人称讲述了他照顾 49 岁时被诊断出患有阿尔茨海默氏症的妻子瓦妮莎的故事，讲述了这种疾病给患者、他们的主要护理人员和家人带来的痛苦，同时也揭露了政府和社区的善意支持却严重不足。
Prepare to be undone by “‘It Comes for Your Very Soul’: How Alzheimer’s Undid My Dazzling, Creative Wife in Her 40s” at The Guardian.
准备好被《卫报》的“‘它为你的灵魂而来’：阿兹海默症如何毁掉我 40 多岁的迷人、富有创造力的妻子”一文吧。
When worry and anxiety rear their ugly twin heads, Elissa Altman turns to cooking to cope: “The worse the news gets, the less I sleep and the more I cook.” Make time for “Forever Less of Beauty” at The Bitter Southerner to learn how Altman precipitates a perspective shift.
当忧虑和焦虑同时出现时，艾丽莎·奥尔特曼 (Elissa Altman) 会通过烹饪来应对：“消息越糟糕，我睡得越少，做饭的次数就越多。”腾出时间观看《苦涩南方人》的“永远不再美丽”，了解奥特曼如何促成观点转变。
My last “X” marks a spot at Panorama Journal, where we join Judith Sanders as she learns how to shop in Italy.
我的最后一个“X”标志着《全景杂志》的一个位置，在那里我们和朱迪思·桑德斯一起学习如何在意大利购物。
In “Food Shopping in Rome” she visits the bakery, the chicken butcher, the fishmonger, and more, navigating purveyors and crowds, piecing together meals and practicing her Italian.
在“罗马食品购物”中，她参观了面包店、鸡肉屠夫、鱼贩等，穿梭于供应商和人群中，拼凑饭菜并练习意大利语。
Sanders wonders whether her shopping experience was truly authentic, but decides in the end—while savoring fresh food al fresco—that it doesn’t really matter.
桑德斯想知道她的购物体验是否真实，但最终在户外品尝新鲜食物时决定这并不重要。
In this case, the pleasure was on her plate.
在这种情况下，快乐就在她的盘中。
Me?
我？
I’m looking forward to 2025 to begin my treasure hunt anew.
我期待 2025 年重新开始我的寻宝之旅。
—KS
—KS
Browse all of our year-end collections since 2011.
浏览我们自 2011 年以来的所有年终系列。