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.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 29, 2013

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.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 29, 2013

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.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 24, 2013

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.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 23, 2013
Length: 1 minutes (279 words)

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.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 22, 2013

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.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 17, 2013

Pulitzer Prize Winners, 2013

Longreads presents: A collection of stories awarded the Pulitzer, including The New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune and more.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 15, 2013

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.

Read more about our plans together, as well as details about our community membership and advertising model.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 5, 2013

From the Longreads Archive: Roger Ebert

A collection of stories by and about the writer and film critic, who has died at age 70.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 4, 2013

Longreads Guest Pick: Digg’s David Weiner

The editorial director for Digg tells us what he’s reading right now.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 14, 2013