The Dying Days of the New West By Tori Telfer Feature Recent books about the American West turn the old frontier myth into a mirage.
The Roaring Girls of Queer London By Longreads Feature Flashy hooligans like Moll Cutpurse and Long Meg sported broad-brimmed hats, wore “ruffianly short locks,” and carried swords. Other women lived quietly in secret same-sex marriages.
But a Novel Will Never Love You Like Your Children Do By Krista Stevens Highlight Does each of your children represent a novel you’ll never write? Michael Chabon is okay with that.
O, Small-bany! Part 1: Spring By Elisa Albert Feature A bygone spring: notes from an adopted hometown.
Five Early Lessons in Parenting By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Steven Church discovers his own fragility and limitations in these five discussions with his son.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Chris Outcalt, Corie Brown, Daniel Immerwahr, Toniann Fernandez, and Karen Abbott.
Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs By Jenny Aurthur Feature After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
The Startup Stampede to Warby Parker Everything By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Venture capitalists are helping launch a number of direct to consumer startups, or DTCs. But do sofas, toothbrushes, and suitcases need the Warby Parker business model?
How the Not Knowing is the Hardest Part By Krista Stevens Highlight The last time she saw her husband, he was being interrogated by Syrian government officials.
Forgetting the Madeleine By Frances Leech Feature A pastry chef reflects on taste, memory, and literature’s most famous confection.
No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison By Alice Driver Feature After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.
A Pyramid Scheme for the Social Media Generation By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A new breed of charlatan posts images of their fake opulent lifestyles on Instagram to lure followers into investing in sketchy financial products.
The Mexican Mafia and the Conspiracy Behind the Tati Torrez Prison Murder By Krista Stevens Highlight Manuel “Tati” Torrez was killed in broad daylight in the prison yard at ADX Florence. But who was really behind it, and why?
It’s Like This and Like That and Like What? By Rebecca Schuman Feature When the nineties’ heart of whiteness met g-funk, it was the illest — and wackest — of times.
The Surprising Case of One Houston Robber By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The alleged ring leader of a group of violent armored car robbers isn’t the person friends and family knew.
Born Again By Longreads Feature “Rebirth therapy” was meant to help a troubled girl start over, but it ended her life instead.
Little Sunfish: The Robot That Could By Krista Stevens Highlight How the best robot, “Little Sunfish,” helped Japanese scientists understand the scope of the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
A Pilgrimage to MSG Mecca By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A fan of MSG visits the world’s largest producer of this contentious flavor-enhancing agent.
This Essay is the Very Pineapple of Writing By Michelle Weber Highlight This is the most important pineapple-themed essay you’ll read today.
The Forever Nomad By Margarita Gokun Silver Feature For an immigrant, losing a home is a given, but Margarita Gokun Silver wonders if never finding one again is also part of the journey.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Rahima Nasa, Roxane Gay, Jessica Camille Aguirre, Lucy Grove-Jones, and Jen Doll.
Walking Through the Past Into New Motherhood By Aaron Gilbreath Feature A new mother struggles to make sense of intergenerational trauma, biological memory and the guilty privilege of passing as white even though she is Jewish.
Chasing Drinks with Lies, and Lies with Drinks By Katie MacBride Feature Katie MacBride recalls her last days using alcohol before getting sober.
Making a Pilgrimage Along Prince’s Purple Trail By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Traveling around Minneapolis, visiting the locations where Prince used to live.
Is Your Job Lynchian, or Is It More Kafkaesque? By Rachel Paige King Feature David Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs” and Alison Green’s “Ask a Manager” offer differing views — and some good advice.
Bolivian President Evo Morales Is Banking on the Country’s Untapped Resource: Coca Leaf By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Instead of eradicating its coca crop, Bolivia is trying to market coca in a variety of products. Will anyone outside of Bolivia buy them?
How the Lani Kai Island Resort Thrives Under a Never-Ending Spring Break By Krista Stevens Highlight At the Lani Kai Island Resort, owner Bob Conidaris even provides “a cheap all-you-can-eat brunch, because the kids ‘do not eat! They mostly want to drink. I want them to get at least one good meal.'”
Bob Dorough and the Magic Number By Tom Maxwell Commentary How the songwriter’s “Schoolhouse Rock!” taught an entire generation.
The Known Unknown: Tales of the Yucca Man By Aaron Gilbreath Feature The desert has its own version of Sasquatch, and it’s just as smelly and hairy.
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