Better Late

From straightening her teeth to finding her true love, Summer Block has reached the milestones in her life later than most.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 23, 2019
Length: 12 minutes (3,179 words)

Riding the Highs and Lows with My Mom

Valentina Valentini’s life-long role-reversal with her mother gets up-ended one psychedelic night in the Hollywood Hills, giving her the chance to become the daughter, once again.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 21, 2019
Length: 16 minutes (4,092 words)

Looking for Carolina Maria de Jesus

For a brief period in the 1960s, the Afro-Brazilian author of the memoir “Child of the Dark” was one of the most well-known writers in the world.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 20, 2019
Length: 18 minutes (4,506 words)

Conversations with My Loveliest

A personal essay in which Melissa Berman recalls what was said, and not said, between her and her beloved aunt as they approached her final year.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 19, 2019
Length: 9 minutes (2,413 words)

Woodstock: My Queer Love Story

Kate Walter recalls attending Woodstock in 1969 with her boyfriend — a few years before they split up and both came out.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 15, 2019
Length: 7 minutes (1,800 words)

Whiteness On the Couch

Clinical psychologist Natasha Stovall looks at the vast spectrum of white people problems, and why we never talk about them in therapy.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 12, 2019
Length: 28 minutes (7,061 words)

When Friendship Fades But the Images Linger

Eryn Loeb looks back on a summer spent taking pictures, and a friend she lost touch with.

Author: Eryn Loeb
Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 9, 2019
Length: 14 minutes (3,579 words)

Losing My Religion at Christian Camp

Katy Hershberger recalls the way her decade at Christian summer camp both shaped and condemned her views of faith and girlhood.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 8, 2019
Length: 24 minutes (6,207 words)

Finding My Father

At age thirty-two, after years working as an exotic dancer, the daughter of a mysteriously absentee father finally puts together the pieces that had been missing her whole life.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 5, 2019
Length: 30 minutes (7,527 words)

Towards Chinatown

In this personal essay, faced with the possibility of losing of her mother, Melissa Hung contemplates another loss — of her mother tongue.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 5, 2019
Length: 13 minutes (3,316 words)