Best of 2022: Reader Favorites
Every week, we highlight our favorite stories in our weekly Longreads Top 5, and at year’s end we spend much of December reflecting on the pieces that most stuck with us.
每周，我们都会在每周的长读前 5 名中突出显示我们最喜欢的故事，到年底，我们会花 12 月的大部分时间来反思最让我们感动的文章。
But our readers have long been a source of inspiration as well, sharing their favorite stories on social media with the #longreads hashtag and even emailing or DMing us recommendations.
但我们的读者长期以来也是灵感的源泉，他们在社交媒体上使用 #longreads 标签分享他们最喜欢的故事，甚至通过电子邮件或私信向我们推荐。
So last year we made the Longreads community part of our annual Best Of package, reaching out to them to see what stories they most enjoyed.
因此，去年我们将 Longreads 社区纳入了我们的年度精选套餐中，与他们联系，了解他们最喜欢哪些故事。
We’re delighted to keep our newest tradition going, and to showcase eight gems from the year that our readers loved — along with their own words why.
我们很高兴保持我们最新的传统，并展示我们读者喜爱的一年中的八件宝石 - 以及他们自己的话为什么。
## A Black Woman’s Search for Her Place in White, White Vermont
## 一位黑人女性在白人佛蒙特州寻找自己的位置
Sheena Dare Romero | Delacorte Review | October 11, 2022 | 7,882 words
希娜·戴尔·罗梅罗 | Sheena Dare Romero德拉科评论| 2022 年 10 月 11 日 | 7,882 字
A moving study of the mutability of the idea of home; how the word itself can ring so differently from place to place.
对家观念的可变性的感人研究；这个词本身在不同地方听起来如此不同。
This piece has such an interesting take on race in America, both from afar — when the author spent time in Germany — and from deep within, at the snowbound confines of a university campus in the middle of Vermont.
这篇文章对美国的种族有着如此有趣的看法，无论是从远处——当作者在德国呆过的时候——还是从内心深处，在佛蒙特州中部一所大学校园被大雪覆盖的范围内。
Romero deals with it in such a tactile, subtle way that I felt like I was coming to the subject completely fresh, feeling her confusion, hope, and frustration almost viscerally.
罗梅罗以一种触觉、微妙的方式处理这个问题，让我感觉自己对这个话题完全陌生，几乎发自内心地感受到她的困惑、希望和沮丧。
—Rohan Kamicheril
——罗汉·卡米切里尔
## Genuine Risk, Winning Colors, and Regret at the Kentucky Derby
## 肯塔基德比中真正的风险、胜利色彩和遗憾
Jamie Loftus | Gawker | May 24, 2022 | 2,550 words
杰米·洛夫特斯 |浏览者 | 2022 年 5 月 24 日 | 2,550 字
Loftus’ essay is ostensibly about a sporting event, but ultimately, it’s a grotesque glimpse into the psyche of America at a particular point in time.
洛夫特斯的文章表面上是关于一场体育赛事，但最终，它是对特定时间点美国心理的怪诞一瞥。
Loftus’ roots are in comedy, so it’s also a darkly funny piece of writing, but it never loses its focus on the violence and excess of the event.
洛夫特斯的根源在于喜剧，所以这也是一部黑色幽默的作品，但它从未失去对事件的暴力和过度的关注。
When the essay came out, Loftus shared it on social media and joked, “please say no one has done this before,” obviously referencing Hunter S.
当这篇文章发表时，洛夫特斯在社交媒体上分享了它，并开玩笑说，“请说以前没有人这样做过”，显然是指亨特·S·洛夫特斯。
Thompson’s “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved.” This may draw the ire of MFA lit bros, but I’ll just say it; I like her essay better than Thompson’s.
汤普森的《肯塔基德比是颓废和堕落的》。这可能会引起 MFA 文学兄弟们的愤怒，但我只是这么说；我比汤普森的文章更喜欢她的文章。
The description of the winning horse is chilling, beautiful, and unforgettable: “After he won, Rich Strike bit a pony over and over, taking what any underdog believes should be their reward, the flesh of their competitors and oppressors served raw.
对获胜马的描述令人不寒而栗、美丽而难忘：“获胜后，里奇·斯特莱克一遍又一遍地咬一匹小马，接受任何失败者认为应该得到的奖励，生吃他们的竞争对手和压迫者的肉。
Instead, he got a slap to the face and a rumbling on Twitter, one almost immediately buried by Mother’s Day photos, which got buried by essays about How We Discuss Abuse, which got buried by news of three mass shootings.” —Krista Diamond
相反，他在推特上遭到了一记耳光和一片轰动，几乎立刻就被母亲节照片埋没了，这些照片又被有关我们如何讨论虐待的文章埋没了，这些文章又被三起大规模枪击事件的消息埋没了。” —克里斯塔·戴蒙德
Krista Diamond’s essay “That Girl is Going to Get Herself Killed” was one of our most-read originals of 2022.
克里斯塔·戴蒙德 (Krista Diamond) 的文章《那个女孩会自杀》是我们 2022 年阅读次数最多的原创文章之一。
## Why The Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
## 为什么过去十年的美国人生活异常愚蠢
Jonathan Haidt | The Atlantic | October 11, 2022 | 8,362 words
乔纳森·海特 |大西洋 | 2022 年 10 月 11 日 | 8,362 字
I’ve watched with growing horror how divided the U.S. has become, culminating in the January 6 insurrection.
我越来越恐惧地看到美国已经变得多么分裂，并最终导致 1 月 6 日的叛乱。
As someone who grew up in an age before the internet, it’s hard to understand how this happened.
作为在互联网出现之前的时代长大的人，很难理解这是如何发生的。
When I read this article, it seemed like everything fell into place.
当我读到这篇文章时，似乎一切都水到渠成。
The Atlantic probably does the best job in all of the media in terms of covering the ramifications of social media on our society, and this was their best story of the year.
在报道社交媒体对我们社会的影响方面，《大西洋月刊》可能是所有媒体中做得最好的，这是他们今年最好的报道。
—David Hirning
——大卫·赫宁
## How Did This Man Think He Had the Right to Adopt This Baby?
## 这个男人怎么认为他有权收养这个婴儿？
Rozina Ali | New York Times Magazine | November 12, 2022 | 11,674 words
罗齐娜·阿里 |纽约时报杂志 | 2022 年 11 月 12 日 | 11,674 字
A harrowing, intimate story with incredible details.
一个令人痛苦、亲密的故事，有着令人难以置信的细节。
Most importantly, it connected one baby’s tragic journey with the biggest stakes of the U.S. in Afghanistan, a year after the withdrawal.
最重要的是，它将一个婴儿的悲惨旅程与美国在阿富汗撤军一年后的最大赌注联系在一起。
— Jonathan Guyer
— 乔纳森·盖尔
## What White Men Say in Our Absence
## 白人在我们不在场时说什么
Elaine Hsieh Chou | The Cut | March 24, 2022 | 2,625 words
周绮琳 |剪辑| 2022 年 3 月 24 日 | 2,625 字
I loved Elaine Hsieh Chou’s essay — it’s an unflinching, powerful examination of the writer’s experiences with racism and misogyny, and it speaks to the fear and rage felt by so many Asian American women, myself included.
我喜欢周小兰的文章——它对作者在种族主义和厌女症方面的经历进行了坚定而有力的审视，它表达了包括我在内的许多亚裔美国女性所感受到的恐惧和愤怒。
It confronts the cultural forces that continue to feed anti-Asian hate and reminds me of the power and ferocity of our collective voice.
它直面持续助长反亚裔仇恨的文化力量，并提醒我我们集体声音的力量和凶猛。
—Yuxi Lin
——林玉熙
Yuxi Lin’s essay “Love Song to Costco” was also one of our most popular originals of 2022.
林雨曦的文章《献给Costco的情歌》也是我们2022年最受欢迎的原创作品之一。
## Family Membership
## 家庭会员资格
Christopher Soloman | Esquire | July 29, 2022 | 2,225 words
克里斯托弗·索罗曼 |时尚先生 | 2022 年 7 月 29 日 | 2,225 字
A lovely, and sometimes funny, story about a male friendship told narratively while shopping at Costco.
这是一个关于男性友谊的可爱且有时有趣的故事，讲述了在好市多 (Costco) 购物时的一段男性友谊。
— Monica Prelle
— 莫妮卡·普雷尔
## The Way We Lose Black Men Never Makes Sense.
## 我们失去黑人的方式毫无意义。
Losing My Father to COVID Is Another Example
我父亲因新冠肺炎去世是另一个例子
Marissa Evans | Los Angeles Times | March 25, 2022 | 2,603 words
玛丽莎·埃文斯 |洛杉矶时报 | 2022 年 3 月 25 日 | 2,603 字
Marissa Evans’ essay, written in the thick of her grief after her father passed suddenly at the beginning of this year, is a time capsule of her father’s dreams, which included his children’s prosperity, a refreshed hairline, and something increasingly rare: living a long, healthy life as a Black man.
玛丽莎·埃文斯 (Marissa Evans) 的文章是她父亲今年年初突然去世后在悲痛中写成的，它是她父亲梦想的时间胶囊，其中包括他的孩子们的繁荣、焕然一新的发际线，以及越来越罕见的东西：作为一名黑人过上长寿、健康的生活。
As the life expectancy for Black men shrinks, we continue to witness even the monied and privileged among them leaving this earth too soon.
随着黑人的预期寿命缩短，我们继续目睹他们中的有钱人和特权人士过早离开地球。
Evans writes: “My father’s death, particularly as an older Black man, is considered an inevitability we must live with.
埃文斯写道：“我父亲的去世，特别是作为一名年长的黑人，被认为是我们必须忍受的不可避免的事情。
I can accept my father’s death, but I refuse to accept that the number of Black men we are losing is normal.” —Ko Bragg
我可以接受我父亲的去世，但我拒绝接受我们失去的黑人数量是正常的。” ——科·布拉格
## Look Who’s Stalking: The Black Leopards of Gloucestershire
## 看看谁在跟踪：格洛斯特郡的黑豹
Jem Bartholomew | The Economist | July 28th, 2022 | 4,795 words
杰姆·巴塞洛缪 |经济学人 | 2022 年 7 月 28 日 | 4,795 字
This investigation into Britain’s big cat hunters is thoughtful, surprising, and, at turns, oddly touching.
这项针对英国大型猫科动物狩猎者的调查是深思熟虑的、令人惊讶的，但有时又令人感到奇怪的感人。
Jem Bartholomew’s adroit exposition of his subject, Frank Turnbridge, left a lasting effect on me.
杰姆·巴塞洛缪对他的主题弗兰克·特恩布里奇的巧妙阐述给我留下了持久的影响。
When reading this article, I felt like I was traipsing through woodlands and winding country roads with Frank and Jem, nervously anticipating the impossible.
当阅读这篇文章时，我感觉自己正在与弗兰克和杰姆一起穿过林地和蜿蜒的乡村道路，紧张地期待着不可能的事情。
This is not an investigation into big cat hunters.
这不是对大型猫科动物猎人的调查。
It is an investigation into those obsessed with the ever-encroaching beast of urbanization.
这是对那些痴迷于不断侵蚀的城市化野兽的人的调查。
—Christian Hill
——克里斯蒂安·希尔
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