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Stairs set into a mountain trail, leading into the mist
Posted inReading List

Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries

by Lisa Bubert June 15, 2022October 19, 2022

Tales of odd phenomena stoke our imagination even as they tease us.

Costumed figures walk down Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, early 1950s.
Posted inReading List

‘We Are Everywhere’: A Reading List for the Queer South

by Spencer George May 31, 2022October 19, 2022

It is time now to listen. We are not going anywhere.

Stevie Nicks Singing in Concert
Posted inArts & Culture

Sister of the Moon: A Stevie Nicks Reading List

by Jill Spivey Caddell May 26, 2022October 19, 2022

Six stories celebrating Stevie Nicks in honor of her birthday on May 26th.

Sad child in isolation at home
Posted inNonfiction

Cabin Fever: A Reading List for the Perpetually Isolated

by Kara Devlin May 18, 2022October 19, 2022

How the pandemic made us confront what it means to be alone.

Posted inMedia, Reading List, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing

Celebrating Bitch Magazine: A Reading List

by A.H. Reaume May 12, 2022October 19, 2022

A writer traces her own feminist journey as she reflects on the forthcoming shutdown of Bitch Media.

A boat moves through the marshland and water in Lake Borgne on August 23, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Posted inEssays & Criticism

Low Country, High Water: A Reading List for a South Under Climate Change

by Spencer George April 28, 2022October 19, 2022

How do you love a place that is sinking?

A field of wind turbines just before sunrise
Posted inNonfiction

Tomorrow Isn’t Over: A Reading List About Brighter Futures

by Peter Hemminger April 22, 2022October 19, 2022

Hope may seem to be in short supply these days, but these stories dare to chart a course toward something better.

Collage of four illustrations at the corners of a rectangular graphic, with a black square in the center that reads "Longreads Turns 13: Our Favorite Originals"
Posted inAnnouncements, Reading List, Story, Writing

Celebrating 13 Years of Longreads

by Longreads April 21, 2022October 19, 2022

Ten favorite Longreads originals, as selected by the editors.

Posted inCulture, Reading List, Story

What’s The Vibe? A Reading List

by Bekah Waalkes April 19, 2022October 19, 2022

Amorphous and intangible, a vibe is hard to describe. Let these five longreads sharpen your focus.

A man sniffing a mushroom
Posted inNonfiction

The Significance of Sniffing: A Reading List on Smell

by Genevieve Fullan April 12, 2022October 13, 2022

Why it’s important to give things a sniff.

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