Warhol's Children

A 2007 profile of the late New York artist Dash Snow and his downtown crew.

Author: Ariel Levy
Published: Nov. 25, 2007
Length: 12 minutes (3231 words)
Love, Identity, and Genderqueer Family Making

Maggie Nelson blends memoir and critical theory to explore the meaning and limitations of language, love, and gender in this excerpt from "The Argonauts.".

Source: Longreads
Published: May 1, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4137 words)
Gentrification and Historic Preservation in LA's 'Black Beverly Hills'

Long known as the Black Beverly Hills, Los Angeles's View Park park neighborhood is a symbol of African American success. A recent effort to put the neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places has blown up into a contentious fight, with some residents seeing the designation as a ploy to lure white buyers.

Published: July 18, 2015
Length: 8 minutes (2067 words)
On Our Fascination with Twins

A brief history of twins in literature.

Source: Literary Hub
Published: July 14, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1893 words)
How Not to Be Elizabeth Gilbert

Jessa Crispin on the canon of female travel writers.

Published: July 20, 2015
Length: 10 minutes (2540 words)
What's In a Name?

Heather Matarazzo reflects on a childhood search for her biological parents, and a tense confrontation with her mother that followed.

Published: July 21, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1770 words)
Cleveland Wants to Make Sure the Next Wright Brothers Come From the Rust Belt

Could the Rust Belt be the Silicon Valley of hardware?

Author: Lee Chilcote
Source: Next City
Published: June 22, 2015
Length: 11 minutes (2842 words)
Go to Sleep

Homeless and searching for a bus driver named Mr. Wonderful: An award-winning 2005 Washington Post story by DeNeen L. Brown.

Published: Sept. 20, 2005
Length: 14 minutes (3500 words)
You Just Got Out of Prison. Now What?
Mooallem follows two ex-convicts who pick up inmates the day they are released and help then navigate through their first day of freedom.
Author: Jon Mooallem
Published: July 16, 2015
Length: 26 minutes (6606 words)
The Romantic Comedy Spectrum: A Reading List
Here, are a handful of stories centering on the creators and aficionados of the romantic comedy.
Author: Emily Perper
Source: Longreads
Published: July 19, 2015
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