My Favorite Animal Longreads of 2016
“Not all my favorite animal reads this year are about dogs, or even directly about animals, they’re more about the complex ways humans interact with and react to animals. Some of these are a reach, but they’re all excellent reads with animals (in one case, a Triassic period aquatic crustacean, no really) as the instigator.”
How Sarma Melngailis, Queen of Vegan Cuisine, Became a Runaway Fugitive
Sara Melngailis had a thriving vegan restaurant visited by customers like Alec Baldwin, Chelsea Clinton, and Anne Hathaway — and then she met Anthony Strangis.
Longreads Best of 2016: Investigative Reporting
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in investigative reporting.
Off-Time: Becoming a Widow at Age 36.
Christina Frangou writes on becoming a widow at age 36, after her husband Spencer died of kidney cancer, 42 days after diagnosis.
Doing Her Quiet Thing
Concerned that she’s a “bad victim,” a writer is silent about being raped—until she isn’t.
Longreads Best of 2016: Science Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in science writing.
My Thoughts Are Murder
Still looking for some post-election inspiration? Try watching Heathers, and/or standing in front of a classroom. Pete Coviello pens an essay on “loving your students, hating your enemies, and Winona.”
Unsociable and Unsustainable
Residents in luxury buildings are rarely swayed by the economic calculus of saving energy. What does this mean for architecture that tries to respond to local climates and global warming?
Longreads Best of 2016: Political Analysis
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in political analysis.
The Trials of a Boxing Romantic
Many people can’t believe that a talented, widely published sports writer makes his living by giving boxing lessons in Central Park. But Brin-Jonathan Butler is for real. You can see for yourself, and like the boxers he writes about, he fights to get by.
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