The Cost
“I dreaded the day my godson would run up against a white person’s prejudice.” Rilla Askew on race in America and a family’s nightmare.
Everybody Loves Walter
The story of a homeless man who became the guardian of a California beach and its birds
18 Hours in Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station
The writer spends a long day observing life in the notorious Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. The station—reviled in Israel because of its reputation for prostitution and crime—also houses a Yiddish library, two synagogues, a church, “a dime-store megamall,” a health clinic for asylum seekers and artists’ studios.
Longreads Best of 2014: Sports Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in sports writing.
Are You Woman Enough for the UFC?
Taffy Brodesser-Akner embeds with the intense female fighters of the UFC.
What It Was Like to Be Basquiat’s Lover
Three scenes of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s life with his longtime lover Suzanne Mallouk, as sketched by Mallouk’s friend Jennifer Clement.
Songs In The Key Of Life
Though blinded at birth, Stevie Wonder found a different vision through his music.
The Weird and Secretive World of Christmas Tree Salesmen
A look at the strange seasonal industry of Christmas tree sales.
Cyrus Vance Jr.’s ‘Moneyball’ Approach to Crime
A profile of the District Attorney of New York County and his data-driven approaches.
A Beautiful Day
After his death, a daughter looks into her father’s family history: “In old age, long after his retirement from the engineering faculty at Syracuse University, my father, Harry Gruenberg, began to have flashbacks about his life in Vienna before he escaped in 1939.”
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