How To Hide An Empire By Bridey Heing Feature Daniel Immerwahr says studying the history of the Greater United States opens our eyes to how “racism has shaped the actual country itself. The legal borders of the country, but also the borders of the heart.”
The Teen Idol Vanishes By Soraya Roberts Feature Luke Perry’s untimely death reminds us that Dylan McKay was one of the last icons of adolescence.
Maintaining Mental Health as a Rescuer in the Grand Tetons By Krista Stevens Highlight “What was important was that each of us had been there; we all, in another way, had blood on our hands—we had all shared the same experiences. We needed each other.”
Shelved: Brian Wilson’s Adult/Child By Tom Maxwell Feature Music from the time after the good vibrations ended.
Fox & Friends in High Places By Catherine Cusick Highlight Trump’s friends are like family. And Trump hires his family.
Where the Trouble Started By Saidee Sonnenberg Feature Decades after a childhood sexual assault, Saidee Sonnenberg tries to make sense of what happened.
The Beautiful Politics of the Backyard Barter System By Krista Stevens Highlight “My farm connects me to the world, the ground, its air, its water, its fauna, and people. In an introvert-kind-of-way. Which is to say, my-kind-of-way.”
The Problem With Nostalgia By Michael Musto Feature Michael Musto argues that wearing rose-colored glasses always leads to an unfair distortion — looking back on the best of the past while comparing it to the worst of the present.
When Music Speaks to Our Experience By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Anton Webern’s Concerto, Opus 24 had the structure that was missing from one young musician’s life.
Choosing Amputation Over Pain By Krista Stevens Highlight Swimmer Morgan Stickney opted to amputate her leg below the knee to get off of opioids and get back in the pool after a seemingly innocuous foot injury and the ensuing complications left her in pain.
Even the Dogs By Longreads Feature In an excerpt from her memoir, T Kira Madden recalls a harrowing adventure with her parents.
Los Angeles Plays Itself By David L. Ulin Feature In this land of constant reinvention, a longtime resident walks the streets to understand what the city was and what it’s becoming.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Russell Shorto, Casey Newton, T Kira Madden, Molly Jong Fast, and Jenny Price.
‘Premonitions Are Impossible, and They Come True All the Time’ By Kelly Stout Highlight What if the prediction of your death could bring it about?
The Real Danger on the Promenade By Steffan Triplett Feature After coming out, Steffan Triplett considers rekindling a broken friendship, dancing with danger and mystery in a secluded area on the edge of town.
Baring the Bones of the Lost Country: The Last Paleontologist in Venezuela By Zoe Valery Feature In light of recent events in crisis-ridden Venezuela, its last vertebrate paleontologist puts together key pieces of the baffling puzzle that the country has become in the past couple of decades.
The Problem with Nature Writing By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The sprawling Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is the best place in America to reassess the way we write and think about the natural world.
Hanif Abdurraqib on Loving A Tribe Called Quest By Jonny Auping Feature “I wasn’t interested in writing the definitive book on A Tribe Called Quest. I was trying to write the definitive book on a single arc of fandom.”
The Reappearing Act By Audrey Olivero Feature In the aftermath of an eating disorder, Audrey Olivero builds a new relationship with her body — through knife-throwing.
Living to Tell About It By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Struggling with trauma, sexual objectification, and self-harm, the teenage T Kira Madden found salvation in her close relationships with other young women.
‘What Happened to You While You Were Gone?’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “There is beauty to be found in mining hidden histories, but also, in letting them rest.”
The Problem of Too Many Hotels, Too Many Parties, and Too Many Tourists In Tulum By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight From over-development to contaminated cenotes, the problems continue to pile up in the Mayan paradise formerly known as Tulum.
‘We Are All Responsible’: How #MeToo Rejects the Bystander Effect By Soraya Roberts Feature The classic “Bystander Effect” blames a lack of intervention on diffusion of responsibility. That doesn’t fly anymore.
On Asylums By Lisa Chen Feature A problematic cat offered more insight into the author’s ailing father than you’d think.
Johnny Rotten, My Mom, and Me By Kimberly Mack Feature Kimberly Mack recalls the ways in which rock music bonded her with her African American mom, and how those fierce sounds helped them cope with the poverty, violence, and despair both outside and inside their Brooklyn home.
‘The Most Versatile Criminal In History’ By Jonny Auping Feature Journalist Evan Ratliff has uncovered the shocking reach of Paul Le Roux’s criminal enterprise — a global network of pawns, most of whom were unaware of the full extent of the empire.
Parenting in the New Age of Anxiety By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Are we sacrificing our childrens’ inner lives by protecting them too much?
Notes on a Shipwreck By Longreads Feature On Lampedusa, history is never far from the islanders’ thoughts, and they are preoccupied by its contradictions. Is Lampedusa a stop on a long journey, or is it a graveyard? Does every fence need a hole in it?
Remembering Ken Nordine By Tom Maxwell Feature The ambitious radio personality created his own form of expression, called “word jazz,” to properly accomodate his musical voice and artistic ambitions.
Written On the Body: One Family’s History By Krista Stevens Highlight “We, as family, got so much from their trash. I never wanted to forget that I was the janitor’s kid before I was anything else.”
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