The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Justine van der Leun, Rebecca Traister, Larry Kramer, Gabriella Paiella, and Rosanne Cash.
Snapshot of Canada: An Accidental Reading List By Aaron Gilbreath Feature An incomplete portrait of a nation emerges from a stash of old print magazines.
So Much More Than Enough By Soraya Roberts Feature My favorite director, Lynn Shelton, died suddenly this month at the age of 54. Did the spirit of indie filmmaking go with her?
Queens of Infamy: Lucrezia Borgia By Anne Thériault Feature History may have pigeonholed her as Renaissance Italy’s most notorious seductress, but it’s high time we give the Duchess of Ferrara a closer look.
Lloyd’s Mattress By Scott Korb Feature Scott Korb contemplates disgust — his own, yours — at the kind of magical thinking that promises (with fingers crossed) to protect us from all the causes of dying.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Teju Cole, Barton Gellman, Dexter Filkins, Rebecca May Johnson, and Navneet Alang.
What Happens When You Go Offline By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The Information Age is also the age of information overload. Here’s what one person learned about the human brain after cleansing himself of screens.
On the Hotness of Not Getting Any By Soraya Roberts Feature Edging, or extending the time leading up to an orgasm, is almost a character of its own in Normal People, Run, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. It also has a lot to teach us about sexuality and consent.
Shelved: The Misfits’ 12 Hits From Hell By Tom Maxwell Feature For a bunch of rock ‘n’ rollers creating the horror punk genre, the Misfits sure were sensitive.
The Can That Was Supposed to Help Save a City By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The story of Chill-Can is the story of Youngstown, Ohio’s troubled approach to economic development.
The Lie of ‘One Last Time’ with My Ex By Ella Dawson Feature Ella Dawson learns about the perils of break-up sex the hard way.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Franklin Foer, Andy Greenberg, Jerry Saltz, Sara Selevitch, and Kyle Buchanan.
Five Longreads Stories Selected for 2020 Editions of the ‘Best American’ Series By Sari Botton Highlight Congratulations to Matthew Salesses, Tim Requarth, Mojgan Ghazirad, Shanna B. Tiayon, Joe Fassler, and The Counter, our partner in co-publishing Fassler’s piece.
Sharing Food to Feed A Family’s Soul By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Food feeds the body, but cooking for other people feeds human connections.
Self Portrait With iPhone By Pam Mandel Feature Newly single in her mid-50s, Pam Mandel swipes through dozens of selfies, including her own.
What Do We Do Without Live Music? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Those of us who live for musical performances must find other ways to temporarily live without them.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Shawn Yuan, Marty Munson, Anna Merlan, Lauren Collins, and Drew Magary.
How Covid-19 Could Reshape Urban Life By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Cities were vibrant, culturally rich places to live before the pandemic. We can only speculate about how cities will be after.
American Tests By Jakki Kerubo Feature In her quest to become truly American, Jakki Kerubo discovers what it means to belong in a place.
The Function and Language of Ancient Sexual Texts By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A fascinating look at so-called obscenity, then and now.
Fear of Suffering Alone By Anne Liu Kellor Feature After separating from her husband and entering quarantine, Anne Liu Kellor faces her ongoing desire for a partner and the necessity of loving herself.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Doug Bock Clark, Thomas Lake, Leslie Jamison, Paul Thompson, and Jude Isabella.
Following the North Star By Shaheen Pasha Feature Shaheen Pasha explores how the trauma of a loved one’s incarceration unravels her carefully planned-out existence, and sets her on a new, unexpected path to find meaning in the meaningless.
Scrap the To Do Lists By Carolyn Wells Highlight “If we’re lucky enough to be able to shelter in place and we’re not using that time to launch podcasts and personal projects and life-hack our way to some cargo-cult pastiche of normality, are we somehow letting the side down?”
In Search of Etty Hillesum By Elizabeth Svoboda Feature The work of a young Jewish diarist, writing in Amsterdam around the time Anne Frank began her famous diary, shows the transformation of pain into radical altruism.
Collecting Rare Sneakers from Japan By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Japan began producing limited edition sneakers in the 1990s. Now a new global wave of sneaker enthusiasts have begun seeking its rarities.
Secret Museums By B. Pietras Feature Struggling with the world’s, and his own, homophobia, one queer young man searches for intimacy in the world of internet porn.
Grieving, but Calmed by a Different Kind of Storm By Stephanie Land Feature In isolation, Stephanie Land finds surprising relief from PTSD — and discovers she is able to write again.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Gabrielle Hamilton, Nicholas Thompson, Anna Badkhen, Alex Perry, and Caleb Johnson.
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