I Must Be One of the Best, Because I’m Not One of the Worst By Michelle Weber Highlight Iraq War veteran Phil Klay reckons with his own complicity.
The Dog Breeds Disappearing in India By Pam Mandel Highlight Skilled, sturdy and well adapted to the country’s tropical climate, these dogs are great workers and excellent companions. Unfortunately, the other characteristic Indian breeds share is that they’re disappearing.
When to (Not) Have Kids By Sari Botton Commentary At a bleak moment in human history, these essays explore the case for not reproducing.
The New Face of Military Recruitment By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The Army is working to increase the number of enlistments, and eliminate unethical recruiting practices.
Being a Teenage Girl is Hard By Danielle Tcholakian Highlight Nobody in their families can understand them, OK?
Welcome to Parliament! Bachelors Can Only Wear Brown Shoes Every Other Tuesday By Michelle Weber Highlight What changes politically if Parliament moves to a modern, inclusive space from one steeped in sexist, classist history?
New York Radical Women and the Limits of Second Wave Feminism By Danielle Jackson Highlight The collective redefined feminism in the 1970s, but it’s blind spots still linger, especially for black women.
The Joys and Sorrows of Watching My Own Birth By Shelby Vittek Feature Shelby Vittek reflects on the bittersweet experience of watching herself be born — and her now-divorced mom and dad become parents — again and again.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Luke O’Brien, Jen Gann, Tom Lamont, Norimitsu Onishi, and Sam Knight.
A Lonely Death: The Extreme Isolation of Japan’s Elderly By Krista Stevens Highlight Many members of Japan’s rapidly aging population live isolated, solitary lives in massive apartment communities filled with people.
Assertiveness Training By Susan Sheu Feature Susan Sheu considers her estrangement from her conservative mom, who tried to teach her to stand up and be heard in a male-dominated world — but not to be too unladylike about it.
How Some Apache People Deal with Intergenerational Trauma By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In the mountains of northern Mexico, some of Geronimo’s decedents try to forgive the perpetrators of the wars against Native Americans.
The Sandwich Whisperer of Victoria Street By Ben Huberman Highlight The art of sandwich-making requires “tenacity, knowledge, know-how, flair.”
When Newspapers Cover the Private Lives of Nazis By Matt Giles Commentary Ordinary details can furnish a room, they can set a table, they can fill the time between hushed meetings of planned genocide.
The Cost of Being a Regular Ol’ American Place By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight What does it mean for the Midwest to think of itself as a featureless land full of average Americans?
“This Frenzied, Dirty, Impossible Evacuation” By Michelle Weber Highlight Londoner Tom Lamont spent months reporting for this GQ piece on the ins, outs, and aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster.
The Red Zone: A Love Story By Chloe Caldwell Feature A severe form of PMS puts Chloe Caldwell’s new relationship to the test.
For the Love of Sturgill Simpson, Country Rocker Ignored by Country Music By Mike Dang Highlight A love letter to the musician with a clear country voice.
How We Write About the Nazis Next Door By Catherine Cusick Highlight The Nazi next door is still a Nazi.
Teju Cole Delights in Sentence Fragments By Krista Stevens Highlight “For me it’s about recognizing that great art comes in all kinds of forms.”
Joan Didion and the Nature of Narrative By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Assessing Joan Didion’s legacy reveals a fascination with the nature of narrative that often supersedes the author’s subjects.
Will Podcasts and Video Journalism Make Our Syntax Less Rich? By Ben Huberman Highlight The days of the long, sinuous, multi-clause sentence might be numbered.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Monster By Michelle Weber Highlight Does art exist in the world of personality and petty grievance and predation, or does it float in a morally-neutral ether? Depends who you ask.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Anand Gopal and Azmat Khan, Claire Dederer, Dale Maharidge, Leslie Jamison, and Nina Coomes.
Greece’s Beleaguered Port City By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The violent chipping center of Aspropyrgos, Greece is a microcosm of Europe itself, struggling to benefit from the global economy while protecting its identity.
Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death By Karen Brown Feature Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.
The Real Refugees of Casablanca By Longreads Feature When it came to gathering refugees, the waiting room of the U.S. consulate was probably the closest thing to Rick’s Café Américain.
Giving Thanks, Silently By Sari Botton Highlight Nina Coomes recalls her family’s Thanksgiving vows of silence at a Catholic retreat center in Illinois.
The Uncanny Valley of Online Dating By Danielle Tcholakian Highlight Dating after a Big Love ends never feels quite right. What do big loves leave us with, and what do they take?
Lost in Backcountry Corsica By Longreads Feature When two Irish travelers take hiking advice from a supposed guide, they soon find themselves relying on their wits in the dark.
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