Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Martinique to Merveilleuse

Even the Reign of Terror was no match for a determined young woman with a pug and a prophecy on her side.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 28, 2019
Length: 22 minutes (5,569 words)

Dancing Backup: Puerto Ricans in the American Muchedumbre

Carina del Valle Schorske traces a lineage of Puerto Rican backup dancers in American entertainment from Rita Moreno to JLo.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 3, 2019
Length: 28 minutes (7,237 words)

Honey Bees, Worker Bees, and the Economic Violence of Land Grabs

In this collaboration with Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Melissa Chadburn challenges her own belief that environmental justice issues are reserved for people of privilege.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 1, 2019
Length: 12 minutes (3,024 words)

The Good Bad Wives of Ozark and House of Cards

What if a TV antihero and his wife were partners instead of rivals? Sara Fredman’s second installment in this series explores the marriages and antihero teams in Netflix’s Ozark and House of Cards.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 28, 2019
Length: 12 minutes (3,057 words)

The Leaves, They Never Stop Falling

A personal essay in which Colin Dickey remembers a departed friend and a tree that won’t die.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 27, 2019
Length: 15 minutes (3,788 words)

Uncertain Ground

In this personal essay, Grace Loh Prasad realizes that mourning is complicated when home and homeland aren’t the same place.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 25, 2019
Length: 16 minutes (4,021 words)

Our Words Will Save Us and Set Us Free

In the wake of having his writing career belittled, Jackson Bliss becomes an interpreter for a refugee and comes to see words, translations, and storytelling as important acts of resistance.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 18, 2019
Length: 12 minutes (3,149 words)

Barely There

In this personal essay, Jennifer Baker considers the ways in which hair removal rituals, begun in her tween years, have helped her achieve body acceptance and connect with her own desire.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 20, 2019
Length: 16 minutes (4,059 words)

Of Safe Words and the Sacred

A personal essay about how a BDSM relationship gone wrong helped Britni de la Cretaz find God.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 21, 2019
Length: 11 minutes (2,913 words)

Everything is Fine

A personal essay in which Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life, as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 14, 2019
Length: 10 minutes (2,523 words)