On one summer day in 1998, XXL magazine gathered 177 hip-hop artists for one of the greatest musical photographs of all time: A Great Day in Hip-Hop.
September 2018
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer, Michael J. Mooney, Elisa Gabbert, Nicole Chung, and Ashley Fetters.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
It’s Time to Stop Painting Joyce Maynard as an ‘Oversharer’ Already
In the #metoo era, there’s no excuse for continuing to deride women like Maynard who speak out about their experiences with men who had much more power.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Cartel Next Door
Inside the $1 million plot to execute—in broad daylight—the attorney of a Mexican cartel boss, and the subsequent investigation, which ranged from south of the border to Florida and Texas, to solve the murder.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
How Does It Feel To Be Unwanted?
And how many times can you start your life all over again from zero? If there’s anyone who knows the answer, it’s Claudia Amaro.
Posted inEditor's Pick
XXL’s A Great Day in Hip Hop: 16 Years Later
Actually, twenty years have now passed since the legendary Gordon Parks photographed 177 hip-hop artists and collaborators in a single image in Harlem. It was a once-in-a-lifetime gathering. People are still talking about it. To celebrate the anniversary, here’s the story of what it was like from someone who was there.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Falling in Love with Chicago at Night: An Interview with Jessica Hopper
In “Night Moves,” Jessica Hopper is 80% on her bike and 20% at a show, memorializing a young adulthood spent in just one of “a million Chicagos” — but one that shaped a wide network of artists and writers.
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A Birth Plan for Dying
In this personal essay, Hanna Neuschwander grapples with ending a wanted pregnancy, and finds that “right” or “wrong” fail to describe the moral reckoning.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
A Birth Plan for Dying
Hanna Neuschwander grapples with ending a wanted pregnancy, and finds that “right” or “wrong” fail to describe the moral reckoning.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
A Birth Plan for Dying
Hanna Neuschwander grapples with ending a wanted pregnancy, and finds that “right” or “wrong” fail to describe the moral reckoning.