More writing is published than anyone can read, and the problem is getting worse as the cost of producing and publishing writing continues to fall.

Somewhere in that growing stream are pieces that deserve more attention than they receive, ideas that are easy to miss because there is too much competing for our attention.

RareRead publishes one piece each week that stands out because it contains an idea worth thinking about, an argument worth wrestling with, a perspective you haven’t encountered before, or simply writing that makes you see something familiar differently.

It doesn’t matter when it was published, who wrote it, how popular it became, or how it was written.

What matters is whether it is a rare kind of read.

Finding what’s worth reading in an age of abundant writing.

One rare read, every week.