Twelve Longreads for Aretha Franklin By Danielle Jackson Reading List Aretha Franklin was born March 25, 1942 and died Thursday, August 16, 2018. Friends: We Need Your Help to Fund More Stories
The Last of the Live Reviewers: An Interview with Nate Chinen By Matthew Kassel Feature Nate Chinen may have been the last full-time jazz reviewer at any American newspaper. He says jazz hasn’t been in a better place since the ’60s — but the commercial infrastructure is broken.
On Not Being Able to Read By Tajja Isen Feature In law school, they told me I wouldn’t be able to read anymore. That the pleasure of the text, like a lover in a non-law degree, would slowly grow opaque to me.
Ancestor Work In Street Basketball By Onaje X. O. Woodbine Feature The basketball court is a place where young black men feel comfortable mourning death, but are there crucial elements missing from their grieving practices?
Brown Girl with Bubblegum By Lisa W. Rosenberg Feature As a mixed-race kid with free-form hair, Lisa Rosenberg believed learning to blow bubblegum bubbles would be her ticket to an idealized (white) American girlhood.
Style Ain’t Cheap, aka That Stuffed Coyote Costs Extra By Michelle Weber Highlight Going to a hotel to have a place to sleep is for suckers: it’s influencing or bust.
The Future of Decisions By Catherine Cusick Highlight If humans can’t decide, “the future of life will be decided at random.”
Convenience Store Woman By Longreads Feature If the convenience store and Japanese society are so similar, why can Keiko Furukura function in one and not the other?
A Girl’s Guide to Missiles By Longreads Feature A professor returns to the California military base where she grew up to make sense of her family’s role developing weapons for the US government.
An Introduction To Death By A.M. Homes Feature Raising a teenager of her own offers author A.M. Homes a glimpse into her mother’s experience of raising her.
Finding True North By Amy Bracken Feature Thousands of Haitians who fled the United States on foot last summer have started very different lives in Canada.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from C.J. Chivers, David Ewing Duncan, Steve Silberman, Anna Wiener, and David Marchese.
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things By Michelle Weber Highlight Scientists knew how serious climate change is. Politicians knew. Energy companies knew. The U.S. was ready to act, and then we… didn’t.
The Tyrant and His Enablers By Stephen Greenblatt Feature How is it possible for a whole country to fall into the hands of a tyrant? According to Shakespeare, it could not happen without widespread complicity.
Happy, Healthy Economy By Livia Gershon Feature Growth is only worth something if it makes people feel good.
How to Stay Married After Your Baby is Born, or, I’m not Divorced Yet By Longreads Feature An excerpt of ‘Now My Heart is Full,’ Laura June’s memoir, about the challenges new parenthood placed on her and her husband — and their marriage.
On Not Being Able to Read By Tajja Isen Feature In law school, they told me I wouldn’t be able to read anymore. That the pleasure of the text, like a lover in a non-law degree, would slowly grow opaque to me.
The Rub of Rough Sex By Chelsea G. Summers Feature Chelsea G. Summers considers the ways in which outwardly ‘progressive’ men like former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman use kink as a cover for abuse.
Purple Pain By Matthew Miles Goodrich Feature In the aftermath of an assault, Matthew Miles Goodrich considers the effects of opioids on himself, the culture, and his musical hero, Prince.
The Last of the Live Reviewers: An Interview with Nate Chinen By Matthew Kassel Feature Nate Chinen may have been the last full-time jazz reviewer at any American newspaper. He says jazz hasn’t been in a better place since the ’60s — but the commercial infrastructure is broken.
Ancestor Work In Street Basketball By Onaje X. O. Woodbine Feature The basketball court is a place where young black men feel comfortable mourning death, but are there crucial elements missing from their grieving practices?
Convenience Store Woman By Longreads Feature If the convenience store and Japanese society are so similar, why can Keiko Furukura function in one and not the other?
A Girl’s Guide to Missiles By Longreads Feature A professor returns to the California military base where she grew up to make sense of her family’s role developing weapons for the US government.
On Not Being Able to Read By Tajja Isen Feature In law school, they told me I wouldn’t be able to read anymore. That the pleasure of the text, like a lover in a non-law degree, would slowly grow opaque to me.
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things By Michelle Weber Highlight Scientists knew how serious climate change is. Politicians knew. Energy companies knew. The U.S. was ready to act, and then we… didn’t.
Listening for a Way Out By Niya Marie Feature Growing up, Niya Marie sought refuge in Whitney Houston’s ethereal notes; as an adult, Marie found recognition in her silences.
Happy, Healthy Economy By Livia Gershon Feature Growth is only worth something if it makes people feel good.
The Toxic Legacy of Building 606 By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The San Francisco police officers stationed on the Hunters Point Superfund site worked atop the literal and figurative fallout of the US Military’s WWII-era atomic testing.
She’ll Be Everything He Isn’t By Michelle Weber Highlight An MRI sparked gymnast Selena Brennan’s interest in sports medicine, and Larry Nassar isn’t going to take that away from her.
Brown Girl with Bubblegum By Lisa W. Rosenberg Feature As a mixed-race kid with free-form hair, Lisa Rosenberg believed learning to blow bubblegum bubbles would be her ticket to an idealized (white) American girlhood.
On Not Being Able to Read By Tajja Isen Feature In law school, they told me I wouldn’t be able to read anymore. That the pleasure of the text, like a lover in a non-law degree, would slowly grow opaque to me.
An Introduction To Death By A.M. Homes Feature Raising a teenager of her own offers author A.M. Homes a glimpse into her mother’s experience of raising her.
At Home on Carmine Street By Abigail Rasminsky Feature Abigail Rasminsky thought she’d survived a robbery unscathed. Then she realized it was following her everywhere.
Michelle Tea and the Betrayal of Queer Memoir By Alana Mohamed Feature Memoir is always a betrayal. When writing about life in queer subcultures, the harm of honesty can feel even greater.
