longreads | workweek reading recs (7 April 2025)

There's so much news right now I decided to dig up some older articles this week.

The BTK Killer’s Daughter. Gabby Petito’s Parents. JonBenét’s Dad. (2024/08)
tw: murder, sexual violence
A history of "kidults" (2022/08)
Why some people respond to stress by falling asleep (2013/12)
The Old West's Muslim Tamale King (2016/05)
Podcast: Project 1933, Part 1: January to March 15 from "In Bed with the Right"
Poetry: Mysticism for Beginners by Adam Zagajewsky, translated by Clare Cavanagh

This week's fundraiser is for Mo Bye PDF. tw for medical images (not graphic) in the post
There's more information at the link but Mo Bye PDF is a casualty rescue and medical aid organization in Myanmar. Myanmar is already under a brutal military dictatorship and recently suffered a catastrophic earthquake.