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March 19, 2019 9:59 AM Subscribe
Can you point me to journals/magazines/newspapers with a higher reading level?
I am studying for GRE and would like to augment my studying with reading that has a steeper or more challenging reading/vocabulary level. Thank you.
I am studying for GRE and would like to augment my studying with reading that has a steeper or more challenging reading/vocabulary level. Thank you.
If you go to Arts & Letters Daily and look on their left-hand blogroll, you'll find a fair handful of nice, academic-ish writing. There's also a variety of subjects and viewpoints, so if you don't like something (maybe you're a leftist and The New Criterion is too stuffy for you), you can move on to something else instead. ALDaily's links (the main part of the page) will also take you directly to the "best" articles from those sources. Three Quarks Daily is something similar. And The Browser, although there's a paywall there and they don't have the convenient blogroll.
posted by kevinbelt at 10:04 AM on March 19, 2019
posted by kevinbelt at 10:04 AM on March 19, 2019
The New York Review of Books prints the best prose you'll find in a periodical. For instance.
posted by jwhite1979 at 10:23 AM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by jwhite1979 at 10:23 AM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
The Paris Review and Harper's are two of my go-tos. Unfortunately MacArthur's behavior on CBC radio was reprehensible enough to get me to unsubscribe AND send my thoughts to every Harper's masthead email address I could find - but I do still buy a copy when I fly.
posted by rdnnyc at 10:27 AM on March 19, 2019
posted by rdnnyc at 10:27 AM on March 19, 2019
I recommend The New Yorker. There's a new issue almost every week, and they have both exhaustive investigative articles and short, fun little gossippy things, plus some fiction and excellent reviews. No matter what I feel like reading, there's always something there, and the reading level is consistently high.
posted by ubiquity at 10:53 AM on March 19, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by ubiquity at 10:53 AM on March 19, 2019 [6 favorites]
If you have a good idea of what you want to study and where you would like to study it get a head start by looking for scholarly articles by faculty members in your top choice programs. You may be able to access some of their articles by using scholar.google.com
posted by mareli at 11:29 AM on March 19, 2019
posted by mareli at 11:29 AM on March 19, 2019
I used to read Arts & Letters Daily constantly, but a few years ago I switched my blog of choice for good articles/opinion pieces to Omnivore, the Bookforum blog (Bookforum itself is great all-around, also).
posted by demonic winged headgear at 12:01 PM on March 19, 2019
posted by demonic winged headgear at 12:01 PM on March 19, 2019
I would say The Economist fits this bill.
posted by mmascolino at 12:15 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by mmascolino at 12:15 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, The New Yorker, Economist, The Browser, 3quarksdaily.
Especially NYRB.
If you are studying for GRE; I would also recommend the Vocabulary Builder book
How to build a better vocabulary by Nurnberg and Rosenbloom.
posted by indianbadger1 at 12:58 PM on March 19, 2019
Especially NYRB.
If you are studying for GRE; I would also recommend the Vocabulary Builder book
How to build a better vocabulary by Nurnberg and Rosenbloom.
posted by indianbadger1 at 12:58 PM on March 19, 2019
London Review of Books has some challenging, thought-provoking and intellectually rigorous writing.
But there's no accounting for taste, so one place where I have found great writing and new places to discover it is the Best American Essays series.
posted by JamesBay at 2:29 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
But there's no accounting for taste, so one place where I have found great writing and new places to discover it is the Best American Essays series.
posted by JamesBay at 2:29 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thank you all for excellent suggestions and answers. I frequent The New Yorker website and have had subscriptions over the years, as well as The Atlantic. The others, rarely. Most are new to me. Thank you.
Great idea to look up scholarly articles in my desired program. I was trying to avoid academic articles for the time being but probably a good idea to explore this.
Thank you for recommendation of the Vocabulary Builder book. Appreciate it.
posted by loveandhappiness at 3:14 PM on March 19, 2019
Great idea to look up scholarly articles in my desired program. I was trying to avoid academic articles for the time being but probably a good idea to explore this.
Thank you for recommendation of the Vocabulary Builder book. Appreciate it.
posted by loveandhappiness at 3:14 PM on March 19, 2019
National Geographic! The articles are fun and it's written for a college-educated lay audience.
posted by Tamanna at 10:09 PM on March 19, 2019
posted by Tamanna at 10:09 PM on March 19, 2019
When I was in law school, the Economist was often cited as a good example of dense work presented clearly.
posted by craven_morhead at 2:08 PM on March 20, 2019
posted by craven_morhead at 2:08 PM on March 20, 2019
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posted by jquinby at 10:04 AM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]