We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in local reporting.
2017
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Fake It Till You Make It
On the pressure to pretend there’s no fallout after your parents’ divorce.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Fake This Marriage
As part of The Awl’s excellent “Fakes” series, Kelly Stout chronicles her life as an “ACOD” (adult child of divorce) in the wake of her parents’ 2011 acrimonious split when she was in her early 20s, and tries to make sense of the lie her parents and family are no longer living.
Posted inArts & Culture
Longreads Best of 2017: Under-Recognized Stories
Here are the best stories we thought deserved more attention this year.
Posted inReading List
Longreads Best of 2017: Crime Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in crime reporting.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Other People in Springfield
A personal essay in which Imran Siddiquee considers how his identities — as a Bangladeshi-American and as a man — were shaped by growing up in the shadow of The Simpsons.
Posted inUncategorized
The 25 Most Popular Longreads Exclusives of 2017
The personal essays, original reporting, and collaborations that were our most-read stories of the year.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Sarah Smith, Mattathias Schwartz, John Woodrow Cox, Justin Heckert, and Jonah Weiner.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
How Angry Racists Plotted to Kill Somali Refugees in Kansas
A small town welcomed hundreds of Somali refugees. A militia splinter group wanted them dead.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Other People in Springfield
Imran Siddiquee considers the ways in which his identities — as a Bangladeshi-American and as a man — were shaped by growing up in the shadow of The Simpsons.