This week’s Longreads Member pick is Chapter 1 from Nicholson Baker’s 2009 novel, The Anthologist, published by Simon & Schuster. The excerpt comes recommended by Hilary Armstrong, a literature student at U.C. Santa Barbara and a Longreads intern. She writes: Someone I love once told me that they don’t understand poetry. It’s all random line breaks and rhythms […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week—featuring Slate, Gizmodo, The Awl, Two Serious Ladies, Time, fiction from The New Yorker, and a guest pick by Anna Hiatt.
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What's the Best Sentence You Read this Week?
We’re back on Branch this week for another round. Share your favorites here.
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“Beat By Dre: The Exclusive Inside Story of How Monster Lost the World.” Sam Biddle, Gizmodo
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Longreads Member Exclusive: An Excerpt from 'Sempre Susan' by Sigrid Nunez
For this week’s Longreads Member pick, we’re excited to share an excerpt from Sigrid Nunez’s memoir Sempre Susan, which comes recommended by Emily Gould, the proprietor of Emily Books, who writes: This memorable passage from Sigrid Nunez’s gemlike memoir of the year she spent under the influence of Susan Sontag begins with a description of a trip to […]
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“The Semplica-Girl Diaries.” George Saunders, The New Yorker (Oct. 2012) Quote found by Charlie Stadtlander
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“Diary: Google Invades”—Rebecca Solnit, London Review of Books Quote found by Michael Kruse
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Our Top 5 Longreads of the Week—featuring The New Yorker, Esquire, Miami New Times, Columbia Magazine, New York magazine, and a guest pick by Greg Spielberg.
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What's the Best Sentence You Read this Week?
We’re doing a little experiment with Branch today. Share what you loved reading this week…
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What’s the Best Sentence You Read This Week?
We’re conducting a little experiment with Branch today. Share what you loved reading this week.