The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Katherina Grace Thomas, James Lasdun, Kyle Chayka, Tay Wiles, and Buzz Bissinger.
Guy Fieri’s Introspective Turn By Ben Huberman Highlight Ten years and three presidents, later, Guy Fieri’s populist persona has proven extremely resilient.
Father of Migrants By Alice Driver Feature “When it comes to the human body, everything can be trafficked. Migrants are a product in a system that breaks them down into lucrative parts, often until there is nothing left.”
These Law Enforcement Officers Wield Handguns and Vet Supplies By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Nevada’s “cow cops” work a unique beat where crimes range from cattle rustling, bovine homicide, and animal abuse.
Kingston’s Little Shop of Horrors By Sari Botton Highlight James Lasdun chronicles a murder trial in which his own dentist is the defendant.
Prog Rock: The Musical Genre That Won’t Die By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The “progressive” form of 1970s rock and roll still has as many devoted fans as it does diehard enemies. Why?
The New Age of Anxiety By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight W.H. Auden named it 70 years ago, and our latest age of anxiety is one of Xanax, fidget spinners, and constant swiping.
After Marriage Equality, to Party, or to Protest? By Spenser Mestel Feature Spenser Mestel recalls the emotionally complicated day, two years ago, when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage.
Exile in Guyville By Sari Botton Highlight Liz Phair and Elizabeth Wurtzel discuss the sexism they each are seeing everywhere.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Caity Weaver, Marisa Meltzer, Jiayang Fan, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Jeff Maysh.
How Do You Name a Not-Quite-Fat Ken Doll? By Ben Huberman Highlight When a company decides to “celebrate diversity,” who’s the party for?
Reunification Will Have to Bridge the DMZ and Massive Technological Gaps By Michelle Weber Highlight Physicians in South Korea are working to understand the health issues North Korean defectors face, in preparation for eventual reunification.
How One Porn Mogul Made His Fortune and Ruined Everything By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Michael Thevis built a lucrative pornography empire in the 1970s only to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Immoral or Merciful? Canadian Doctors Divided on Medically Assisted Death By Krista Stevens Highlight Some doctors are struggling with allowing Canadians to die on their own terms.
Roxane Gay on the Final Frontier: Acceptance for Every Female Body By Krista Stevens Highlight Roxane Gay on her new memoir and on gaining acceptance for the female body in every shape and size.
Race in America Has Never Been an Either-Or Proposition By Michelle Weber Highlight Zadie Smith examines the racially-charged work of Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ and Dana Schutz’s ‘Emmett Till’
Highway Robbery: How the Port Trucking Industry is Rigged Against Drivers By Krista Stevens Highlight On how port truckers are the victims of heinous labor practices.
A Portrait of the Artist as an Undocumented Immigrant By Longreads Feature A Mexican writer recalls undocumented life at a restaurant in New York and as a nanny in Connecticut.
Following John McPhee’s Path to ‘Oranges’ By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Fifty years after he published Oranges, one writer traces McPhee’s story to Florida to assess the state of American citrus.
Something Unspeakable Happened in Allende, Mexico By Michelle Weber Highlight Seven years after a vicious drug cartel massacre, residents are still looking for answers about the fates of their loved ones.
My Father’s Adventure Was My Terror By Diana Whitney Feature With the decision to take his 13-year-old daughter on a dangerous drive to Peshawar, Diana Whitney’s charismatic father became a regular fallible human in her eyes.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Matthew Shaer, John Woodrow Cox, Bethany McLean, Robin Wright, and David Sedaris.
Death Doulas to the Rescue? By Krista Stevens Highlight With the onset of death doulas, no one need die alone.
David Sedaris Is Depressed By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight David Sedaris tallies a few of the many reasons he feels shame and sadness being an American in the time of Trump.
Philippe Petit Reflects on a Lifetime of Fear By Michelle Legro Highlight For the high-wire artist, living in fear is the definition of death.
Diane Arbus: Describing the Loneliness that Shames Us By Krista Stevens Highlight Hilton Als on photographer Diane Arbus’ uncanny ability to capture the humanity of her marginalized subjects.
My Father’s Weakness for Beer Never Lessened His Strengths By Pauline Campos Feature Pauline Campos recalls her time with her late father, a functional alcoholic she never judged, and still reveres.
The Mosul University Library: Reborn From the Ashes By Krista Stevens Highlight The Mosul University Library, once home to centuries-old books and documents, is rebuilding after ISIS destroyed it.
Poor, Gay, Black, and Southern: America’s Hidden H.I.V. Crisis By Krista Stevens Highlight If you have H.I.V in New York or San Francisco, you can life a long, healthy life. Not so if you live in the Southern United States and you’re poor, black, gay and/or bisexual.
Under Hubbard’s Eye By Sari Botton Highlight To scientologist Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale speaks to the importance of separation of church and state, rather than the dangers of religious extremism.
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