Catherine Cusick, Aaron Gilbreath and Dana Snitzky share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.

This week:

How a Cash-Strapped Start-up Became the Internet's Food-Nerd Utopia at Grub Street

The Strange Story of a Secret Literary Fellowship from The New Yorker

The Optics of Opportunity by Hafizah Geter

They Welcomed a Robot Into Their Family, Now They're Mourning Its Death at The Verge

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