Essayist and poet Elisa Gabbert answers the Longreads Questionnaire.
Longreads
Posted inQuestionnaire
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Elisa Gabbert
The author of Any Person Is the Only Self and recent Guggenheim fellow talks about the worst time of day, the value of wasting an hour, and chilaquiles.
Posted inNewsletter
What a Tree—or a House—Remembers
Angelica Calabrese on family, memory, and the almond groves of Italy.
Posted inNewsletter
Staying Open to It All (and the Week’s Top 5)
Pick up a banjo, or maybe a javelin.
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition:
• A pair of aces
• Room for growth
• Still a-maze-ing
• Wheel of misfortune
• The road less traveled
Posted inNewsletter
Susan Orlean Hands You the Keys
“At the bottom of what motivates me is a very optimistic, very joyful commitment to the idea that the more you learn of the world the better.”
Posted inFeature
Curiosity as Compassion: A Conversation with Susan Orlean
Why it’s important to cultivate resilience and curiosity as a writer.
Posted inNewsletter
Sleight of Hand and Other Deceptions
“People are fooled by way more than just a deck of cards.”
Posted inUncategorized
Writing Through It (and the Week’s Top 5)
“I don’t get creatively unstuck. I just write despite the fact that I’m stuck. I learned a long time ago that being ‘stuck’ is really just the unshakable belief that everything you can think of writing is shit, and while that may be true, it might also not be, and the biggest predictor of whether […]
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition:
• Showing our age
• Special delivery
• Unfriendly wagers
• A shore thing
• Sale therapy