Happy 10th Birthday, The Believer!
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, The Believer has just published a handful of classic stories for the first time on the web, and they were nice enough to share them with the Longreads community. Enjoy.
Longreads Guest Pick: Meaghan O’Connell on Ted Thompson and the Making of a Novel
Meaghan O’Connell is the editor-in-chief of meaghano.com.
Celebrating Four Years of #Longreads
Longreads just celebrated its fourth birthday, and it’s been a thrill to watch this community grow since we introduced this service and Twitter hashtag in 2009. Thank you to everyone who participates, whether it’s as a reader, a publisher, a writer—or all three. And thanks to the Longreads Members who have made it possible for us to keep going.
To celebrate four years, here’s a rundown of some of our most frequent #longreads contributors, and some of their recent recommendations.
Behind the Longreads: Antonia Crane on ‘Yellow,’ Our Latest Member Pick
This week’s Member Pick is “Yellow,” a story by Antonia Crane about the days following the death of her mother. The piece will be featured in Black Clock #17 this summer and is adapted from her forthcoming book Spent. We asked her to tell us how the story first came together.
Longreads Guest Pick: Emily Keeler on ‘To Err, Divine, so Improvise’ and ‘Afterlife’
Today’s guest pick comes from Emily M. Keeler, a writer, critic, and the editor of Little Brother Magazine. She recommends two stories, “To Err, Divine, so Improvise” by Kaitlin Fontana in Hazlitt and “Afterlife” by Chris Wallace in The Paris Review.
Longreads Guest Pick: Christian Lorentzen on ‘The Last White Election?’
Today’s guest pick comes from Christian Lorentzen, editor for the London Review of Books.
Pulitzer Prize Winners, 2013
Longreads presents: A collection of stories awarded the Pulitzer, including The New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune and more.
Longreads Is Joining Forces with The Atlantic
We have some big news to share today: Longreads is teaming up with The Atlantic, in a partnership that will allow us to expand our site and membership model—and continue to serve this community of readers, writers and publishers.
From the Longreads Archive: Roger Ebert
A collection of stories by and about the writer and film critic, who has died at age 70.
Longreads Guest Pick: Digg’s David Weiner
The editorial director for Digg tells us what he’s reading right now.