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A Murder in the Park, Boroughs in Books, and a Totally Amazeballs Dictionary: Today’s TNR Reader.

Editor’s Note: We’ll be running the article recommendations of our friends at TNR Reader each afternoon on The Plank, just in time to print out or save for your commute home. Enjoy!

What's the true story of Obama's first term? Here it gets broken down by the numbers. 
Esquire |12 min (3,115 words)

Backcountry manhunt: After a ranger is shot and killed, a frantic search for the killer in the snowy wilderness of a national park.
Outside |27 min (6,841 words)

The messy, crowd-sourced Collins Online English Dictionary leaves room for words like “mobydickulous.”
The Economist |2 min (595 words)

Neighborhoods and the novel: The role of real estate in literature.
The New Yorker |11 min (2,796 words)