Before the Law

A story about a crippled legal system: Sixteen-year-old Kalief Browder spent three years imprisoned on Rikers Island on robbery charges with shaky evidence. His case never went to trial.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Sep 29, 2014
Length: 28 minutes (7,016 words)

Always Leave Them Laughing

Sam Simon, a co-creator of The Simpsons and a writer and a producer for Taxi and Cheers, was diagnosed with terminal cancer two years ago. He’s been dealing with it by working on philanthropic causes and spending time with close friends and loved ones.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Sep 19, 2014
Length: 22 minutes (5,622 words)

The Honey Hunters

Our latest Longreads Exclusive comes from Michael Snyder and Lucky Peach—a trip into the Sundarbans, where groups of honey hunters risk their lives in the forests to follow the ancient practice of collecting honey.

Source: Lucky Peach
Published: Sep 28, 2014
Length: 19 minutes (4,960 words)

Cultural Changes: A Reading List

Six stories about changes happening in television, fashion, religion and more.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 28, 2014

The Body Electric

Life after being struck by lightning.

Source: Outside
Published: Sep 22, 2014
Length: 17 minutes (4,373 words)

The Unrepentant Bootlegger

The story of NinjaVideo and our file-sharing predicament.

Published: Sep 27, 2014
Length: 13 minutes (3,463 words)

Digging Through the World’s Oldest Graveyard

Following the fossil hunters in Ethiopia who are searching for the origins of humanity.

Author: Amy Maxmen
Source: Nautilus
Published: Sep 25, 2014
Length: 19 minutes (4,789 words)

Interview: Caitlin Moran on the Working Class, Masturbation, and Writing a Novel

An interview with journalist, critic, and essayist Caitlin Moran, who just published her debut novel, How to Build a Girl.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 26, 2014
Length: 13 minutes (3,300 words)

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Baltimore

The author’s five years in Charm City were more cursed than charmed—but he loved Baltimore anyway, and the city gave the peripatetic Fitzgerald family something they’d never really had before: a home.

Source: Baltimore Style
Published: Dec 1, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,635 words)

Who Is Su

When she was 22, Su Meck got into an accident and lost all her memories. At 49, she still learning about the man she married, the family she raised, and who she really is.

Author: Dan P. Lee
Published: Sep 25, 2014
Length: 34 minutes (8,594 words)