In Death, A Champion for Life Well Lived By Krista Stevens Highlight “She no longer feared death because she could hold it in her hands at any time.”
What Shattered My Mother’s Mind By Winston Ross Feature Winston Ross recalls the heartbreaking ordeal his family endured after his mother’s routine surgery led to post-operative delirium.
The Octopus’ Branding Makeover: From Devil-Fish to Brilliant Invertebrate By Krista Stevens Highlight “Each arm, with its own brain inside, moves completely independent of the others. So much so that arms have been known to steal food from each other.”
Leaning In with Alex P. Keaton By Nicole Cyrus Feature Born with serious CEO aspirations, Nicole Cyrus found her role model in a white kid from an ’80s sitcom.
The Traffic Jam on Mount Everest that Cost 11 Lives By Krista Stevens Highlight “The crowd seemed incredible—like a bag of Skittles had been scattered down the slope.”
Why I Wanted To Finish My Father’s Life’s Work By Karen Brown Feature Karen Brown recalls the pain and joy of fulfilling a deathbed promise.
Rural California Feeds the Nation, But Too Many Rural Residents Can’t Feed and House Themselves By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In a fertile valley that boats an $8 billion agricultural economy, the people who work the fields and in processing plants rarely enjoy the economic security that the fields’ corporate owners do.
Thou Shalt Not Mess With a Mom in a “Mamacita Needs a Margarita” Sweater By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight “This mom runs on caffeine, wine, and Amazon Prime” is a funny t-shirt slogan, but there is a serious social phenomenon behind it.
The Backcountry Prescription Experiment By Mathina Calliope Feature Mathina Calliope goes off her antidepressant and into the woods.
Why Mr. Bauer Didn’t Like Me By Blaise Allysen Kearsley Feature As a child, Blaise Allysen Kearsley tried, in vain, to win over a white friend’s father.
The Cobra in the Can and other Shenanigans at LAX By Krista Stevens Highlight And then there was the man “who tried strutting through security with 84 songbirds taped to his body.”
All Hail the Inventor of the Crock Pot: Irving Nachumsohn By Krista Stevens Highlight Irving Nachumsohn invented the crock pot so that his family didn’t have to use the stove to prepare dinner on hot summer evenings. You’re welcome.
‘To Be Well’: An Unmothered Woman’s Search for Real Love By Vanessa Martir Feature After years of strife with her mother, Vanessa Mártir finds unconditional love in a new, tender relationship.
Thumbing a Ride: What I Learned from Siskel and Ebert By Dipti S. Barot Feature Dipti S. Barot pays homage to the two irreplaceable voices who informed her love of good movies.
How Jazz Pianist Erroll Garner Fought for His Rights By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight When Columbia Records breached one of their big star’s contracts back in the 1950s, he sued and won.
The Adaptation of Language Evolution By Carolyn Wells Highlight Language has always changed, but the introduction of technology means it is adapting in ways we have never experienced before.
Open Secrets: Celebrity Sexuality and Athletic Abuse By Longreads Commentary Editors discuss the gender politics of music criticism, how young womxn drive conversations around cultural figures, institutionalized discrimination in sport, and more.
This Is How You Lose Your Mind By Dani Fleischer Feature Dani Fleischer recalls how a lifetime of perfectionism led her down a path of self-destruction.
Willie Nelson’s 50-year Love Affair with Trigger, His Faithful Guitar By Krista Stevens Highlight “A guitar sounds better as it gets older, just like a Stradivarius does.”
Woman Writes Story Challenging Gender Dynamics; Is Thwarted by…Long-Standing Gender Dynamics By Sari Botton Highlight How can we combat sexism in publishing if we’re so worried about damaging the reputations of offending men?
How Mister Rogers Found Inspiration in the Everyday By Krista Stevens Highlight ‘“I think that how we were first loved — or not — has a great deal to do with what we create and how,” Fred once told me.’
It Was Putin, on British Soil, Using his Poison Factory By Krista Stevens Highlight Trying to keep a mouthy Russian oligarch safe from Vladimir Putin is harder than it looks. Especially when the oligarch has a penchant for publicly poking the bear.
My Brown Dad Voted for Trump By Anjoli Roy Feature Anjoli Roy struggles to understand the conservative father she dearly loves.
Tar Bubbles By Melissa Matthewson Feature Melissa Matthewson remembers the flights of fancy that kept her company as a young girl, and bears witness to her daughter’s.
OK Listener, We’ll Talk About OK Boomer By Longreads Commentary Longreads editors chat with Internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz about ok boomer, TikTok, patriotism, and more.
The Alabama “Corrections” System: An American Horror Story By Krista Stevens Highlight “When you lay down to go to sleep, you better be prayed up, because there’s no guarantee you’re waking up.”
The Soundtrack to Hell By Krista Stevens Highlight “Not only was the whine agitating—EHHNNNNNNNN—but its constant drone was like a cruel mnemonic for everything that bothered him.”
The Boeing 737 MAX: “Fatally Flawed” By Krista Stevens Highlight Boeing’s failings with the 737 MAX reveal a dangerous deviation from its engineering-first culture that used to put the safety of the flying public before profit.
A Town Split By a Play About the 1980s AIDS Epidemic By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Sometimes art can challenge viewers enough to change them. Sometimes art just makes the narrow-minded angry.
Brigid, Magdalene, My Mother, and Me By Carmel Mc Mahon Feature Carmel Mc Mahon contemplates the legacy of trauma passed down through generations of Irish women.
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