Small-Town New Hampshire’s Battle with Bears and Liberty By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Grafton, New Hampshire has a bear problem, but how much of the problem is the result of human behavior?
Cheese and Macaroni Do Not a Mac and Cheese Make By Ben Huberman Highlight On the complex history and triumphant ubiquity of America’s most comforting staple.
We Are Scientists By Kirtan Nautiyal Feature A scientist examines the connections between his Indian immigrant father and the brilliant but overlooked Indian scientist Yellapragada Subbarow.
Exodus in the Ozarks By Pam Mandel Feature At a theater in Branson, Missouri, Pam Mandel finds an unexpected plot twist in a very familiar story.
‘Unfettered Glamour’: The Legendary Career of André Leon Talley By Danielle Jackson Highlight The highs and lows of André Leon Talley’s important, trailblazing career are traced in a new documentary about his life.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Jennifer Gonnerman, Evan Allen, Britni de la Cretaz, Jen Banbury, and Gordon Edgar.
England Is a Giant Russian Money Washing Machine By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Russian money is parked in English real estate and other assets, but is it too late to purge its influence on Britain?
The Hole in My Soul By Sara Eckel Feature Sara Eckel surprised her agnostic parents by becoming a born-again Christian at age 10. It was the first of many attempts to believe.
Across the World in 80 Days By Katie Kosma Highlight People are building rockets to propel themselves miles high so they can look down and confirm the disk-shaped flatness of our planet.
How to Ruin the Scripps Spelling Bee in Four Letters: E-S-P-N By Krista Stevens Highlight At the Scripps Spelling Bee, no one asks for whom the bell tolls. It’s glaringly, if painfully obvious.
How American Women’s Pro Baseball Kept Lesbians in the Closet By Krista Stevens Highlight “Play like a man, look like a lady.” At Narratively, Britni de la Cretaz looks at the history of lesbianism in early pro women’s baseball and at the beautiful love stories that the movie “A League of Their Own” chose to ignore.
Vacating Convictions from Crooked Chicago Cops By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A group of Chicago cops spent years framing innocent men, but thanks to one determined woman, their convictions are finally getting overturned.
Somewhere Under My Left Ribs: A Nurse’s Story By Longreads Feature The landscape of operating theaters must be terrifying for patients, but it’s becoming normal for me. It’s amazing what you can get used to.
Farming a Warming Planet By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Even if rising sea levels flood many coastal cities, California farmers plan to grow food for a living. So what will the future California grow?
An Oral History of the Muppets By Krista Stevens Highlight “He once describe Miss Piggy to me as having come from a litter of 17 pigs, but her mother only had 16 nipples. And if you don’t know that about her, I don’t know that you can really express who she is.”
‘Choose Marriage or Education’ By Aaron Gilbreath Feature As a teenager, Madhur Anand’s mother takes heed of her father’s final words and becomes a teacher.
Rita Dove on Creating a ‘Collage of American Consciousness’ with Poetry By Krista Stevens Highlight “The sole criterion is, how does it move us? Does it pull us out of our everyday trot?”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Pamela Colloff, Amanda Fortini, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Ira Glass, and Linda Holmes.
Queens of Infamy: Anne Boleyn By Anne Thériault Feature In Tudor England’s big-sleeved game of thrones, winning and dying were not mutually exclusive.
The New, Improved, Empathic Sarah Silverman By Krista Stevens Highlight Formerly controversial comic Sarah Silverman is “on a campaign to neutralize her haters with a weapon more powerful than a million burns: empathy.”
Mariah Engdahl, Age 16: The Only Gun Control Advocate in Gillette, Wyoming By Krista Stevens Highlight “Wyoming has more guns per capita than any other state, and more than 80 percent of adults in Campbell County have firearms in their homes.”
Peter Mayer, the Fiery Sage of Publishing By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Honoring Peter Mayer, founder of Overlook Press, and one of “the stars of book publishing.”
A City in Upheaval: The Story of a Single Block in West Oakland’s Ghost Town Neighborhood By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight Annette Miller, a longtime resident of West Oakland’s Ghost Town neighborhood, has witnessed the dramatic transformation of the city as changes sweep the block she’s lived on for over 50 years.
Who Sank El Faro? An Interview With Rachel Slade By Joshunda Sanders Feature Having solved the mystery of the largest maritime disaster in a generation, Rachel Slade can see how what happened on the ocean is an allegory for what’s happening on dry land.
It Isn’t That Shocking By Leslie Kendall Dye Feature Popular culture likes to depict electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as sinister and dangerous. Leslie Kendall Dye reflects on the myths surrounding the treatment that saved her life.
The High Price of Being a #MeToo Whistleblower By Tricia Romano Feature Tricia Romano considers what speaking out about abuse at the hands of Eric Schneiderman has cost a close friend.
Terese Marie Mailhot on the Personal Cost of Speaking Out Against Racism By Krista Stevens Highlight Terese Marie Mailhot knows from experience that speaking out against racism can come with a cost. But it’s a cost she’s ready and willing to pay.
Can the Jaguars’ Unique Biology Help It Survive On Our Over-Populated Planet? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight By avoiding confrontations with humans, and using water and edge-lands, jaguars might be ideally suited to surviving the modern world.
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