Collapse: The Oso Mudslide and the Community That Survived It

The story of a community that formed a search and rescue crew after one of the deadliest landslides in U.S. history struck their town.

Source: Seattle Met
Published: Nov 3, 2014
Length: 22 minutes (5,702 words)

When Bushwick was Bonanno

Today Bushwick is synonymous with hipster cool but thirty-five years ago it was the epicenter of America’s mafia-fueled drug trade.

Source: Narratively
Published: Nov 3, 2014
Length: 15 minutes (3,855 words)

War of Words

“What if all the publishers pulled all their books from that fucking idiot device? Then what would you read on your silly Kindle?” Keith Gessen on book publishers’ complicated history with Amazon.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Nov 6, 2014
Length: 31 minutes (7,795 words)

A Birth Story

Meaghan O’Connell had a perfect pregnancy and the perfect birth plan—and then she went into labor.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 6, 2014
Length: 56 minutes (14,248 words)

Tiny Houses, RVs, and Other Places We Call Home: A Reading List

Here are four pieces exploring different approaches to space and home—from living on wheels to escaping the grid.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 5, 2014

Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 8

We’re back with a new collection of our favorite stories from across all of WordPress, featuring writers like Hannah Richell, Adrian Chen, Eli Saslow, Kate Pickert, and more.

Author: Mike Dang
Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 5, 2014

Dunkin’ and the Doughnut King

Ted Ngoy overcame poverty, escaped genocide and made a fortune off of doughnuts. Examining the history of doughnut shops in California, most of which are owned by Cambodian Americans.

Published: Nov 3, 2014
Length: 23 minutes (5,861 words)

When Mitch McConnell Met Roger Ailes: An Early Lesson in Winning At All Costs

“‘Roger wanted to win as badly as Mitch did.’ As Ailes himself put it in his favorite office mantra: ‘Whatever it takes.’”

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 5, 2014
Length: 12 minutes (3,241 words)

On Modesty

An essay about modesty that recalls the author’s girlhood in a conservative community and challenges the mixed messages of women as both ‘Eve’ and ‘Jezebel.’

Source: Shenandoah
Published: Feb 1, 2012
Length: 23 minutes (5,930 words)

Modern Farmer Plows Ahead

A profile of upstart magazine Modern Farmer, which its founder has described as “farming magazine for media professionals.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Nov 10, 2014
Length: 23 minutes (5,937 words)