Working the night shift on an intensive care unit, Suzanne Ohlmann brushes up against death, Jesus, and her biological father.
2019
Posted inBooks
This Month In Books: What Did We Miss?
The end of the year is a time for regrets. What are the books we didn’t feature?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Snow machines and fleece blankets: inside the ski industry’s battle with climate change
Each snowmaking machine uses around the same energy as a boiler in a family home — but are they the answer to saving our retreating glaciers?
Posted inEditor's Pick
History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About To Begin
“Life could appear in perfect darkness, in blistering heat and a broth of noxious compounds — an environment that would extinguish every known creature on Earth.” Life has been discovered at the deepest depths of the ocean, but is it under threat from mining?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Chuck Coma Comes Home
Every year, thousands of people are assaulted in federal prisons and left to deal with their trauma. Chuck Coma, a two-time combat veteran incarcerated for armed robbery, was nearly killed by his cellmate. When he was eventually released, Chuck returned home unable to remember years of his life and suffering from uncontrollable tremors.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Art of Dying
In this long, kitchen-sink essay, long-time New Yorker writer and art critic Peter Schjeldahl reveals that he is dying of lung cancer. He poignantly looks back at his life and career, and his history as a smoker.
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Sports
How Rob Krar Helps Others Outrun Depression
“I think a good way to describe my depression is an inability to feel happiness. It’s just this gray zone. I have this beautiful life that I can’t appreciate.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Rob Krar’s Never-Ending Race
Rob Krar, an accomplished ultramarathon runner, has struggled with serious depression for decades. In leading ultramarathon camps with his wife, Christina Bauer, he’s discovered that more than a few of his campers battle depression and that while running for 100 miles can help keep the dark times at bay, being among those who understand helps […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Longreads Best of 2019: Music Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in music writing.
Posted inNonfiction
Seedy
Elizabeth Logan Harris recalls an incident in ’70s-era Radio City Music Hall when unwanted attention to her teenage body put her in league with her father.