The Bigamist’s Daughter By Robin Antalek Feature Robin Antalek considers the legacy of the man who abandoned her for another family and never looked back.
No Time Like the Present By Robert Burke Warren Feature You don’t know what day it is, do you? Robert Burke Warren digs into ‘the Oddball Effect’ and fascinating brain data that may help explain why.
Molly and the Unicorn By Emily Flake Feature Emily Flake reflects on the shifting nature of magic and power in middle age.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Sandra Upson, Helen Ouyang, Francesca Mari, Jordan Ritter Conn, and Jesse Davis.
My Body Is Not a Temple By Soraya Roberts Feature All the good habits and self-optimization in the world don’t give you real control over your body. Back away from the bread starter.
Little League, Revisited By Adam Kuhlmann Feature Adam Kuhlmann was outmatched at the 1993 Little League World Series. His 11-year-old nephew helps him to learn from his errors.
On Vanishing By Longreads Feature Dementia is a kind of erasure, a death before death, where the living discount the infirmed long before they’re gone.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Lauren Markham, Ariel Levy, Brooke Jarvis, Audrey Gray, and Chris Dennis.
Escaping Coronavirus Lockdown Through a Stranger’s Solitary Walks on YouTube By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Under self-quarantine, Aaron Gilbreath ‘moves’ freely with the help of Rambalac’s video travelogues.
Body of Lies By Deenie Hartzog-Mislock Feature Deenie Hartzog-Mislock confronts a lifetime of body image trauma when her marriage turns south and sexless.
We’re Not All in This Together By Soraya Roberts Feature When the only way to be a real community is to be apart, it quickly becomes obvious who is out for themselves.
On Watching Boys Play Music By Eryn Loeb Feature “With a drink in my hand and earplugs responsibly in place, I’m very aware that I’ve spent more than half my life essentially standing in the same spot: off to one side of the stage (close but not too close), eyes forward, shifting weight from foot to foot.”
‘Let’s Reset’: A Career Social Distancer Mends Some Fences By Sari Botton Feature Coronavirus inspires Sari Botton to reach out to family and friends she’s fallen out with.
Shout Out to Myspace By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The site that revolutionized how people released and listened to music has died multiple deaths since its 2003 debut, but it finally gets the eulogy it deserves.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Maria Elena Fernandez, Jake Bittle, Eva Holland, Naz Riahi, and Terra Fondriest.
The Messy Making of a Nearly Perfect Hip-Hop Album By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Music as original as Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s sounds evergreen, but originality came with a high personal cost for its maker.
The Danger of Desire By Faylita Hicks Feature Faylita Hicks considers what it means to be a Black nonbinary activist in the age of Trump — and questions how the social justice movement has changed the way they have sex.
A Long, Lonely Time By Hannah Seidlitz Feature “It’s strange to think that the Righteous Brothers outlive my mother. Sometimes I pretend they are singing to her.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Jessica Lustig, Ed Yong, Leslie Jamison, Rosa Lyster, and Geoff Edgers.
Finding Signs of Hope in Surprise Sugar Maples By Susan Krawitz Feature In the midst of a pandemic, nature reminds Susan Krawitz that miracles are possible.
The Coastal Shelf By juneameliarose Feature June Amelia Rose remembers coming out in her youth to a turbulent family as her mother died of cancer.
Seeding a Dark World with New Life By Sara B. Franklin Feature As she’s done before, Sara B. Franklin greets the specter of death by defiantly planting a life-sustaining vegetable garden.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Amanda Hess, Robert Draper, Emily Gogolak, Mark O’Connell, and Gabrielle Bellot.
What Does a Post-Apocalyptic Gated Community Look Like? By Ben Huberman Highlight For wealthy Americans, a dystopian future includes underground golfing in South Dakota.
Why I’m Giving Myself Permission to Keep Writing at This Time By Sari Botton Highlight Our stories matter. And they are our legacies for future generations. (Plus: some free writing resources.)
All that Was Innocent and Violent: Girlhood in Post-Revolution Iran By Naz Riahi Feature Naz Riahi recalls her vibrant childhood in a suburb of Tehran, and considers how the harsh realities imposed by the still new Islamic Republic seeped into her family’s life.
Teaching Writing and Breaking Rules By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Rules can ruin the kind of exciting language that makes literature rewarding, but some rules also enhance writing. It’s challenging to find the middle ground.
This Week in Books: This Moment Doesn’t Remind Me of Anything By Dana Snitzky Commentary Lawrence Wright did it again; Jordan Peterson in a coma?; Myriam Gurba forced out of her job; Woody Allen canceled by his publisher’s employees; THE VIRUS; and more.
Moving Literary Life Off the Page By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight For one poet, conducting a satisfying literary life off-page required living life outside the classroom.
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