The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor

It’s a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 12, 2018
Length: 1 minutes (275 words)

The Cold War and its Fallout

A personal essay in which Vincent Czyz, a son approaching middle age, looks back on a volatile relationship with his father.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 15, 2018
Length: 21 minutes (5,418 words)

Wrestling With My Father

In this personal essay, Brian Gresko considers the lingering consequences when the only touches between father and son are abusive ones.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 11, 2018
Length: 13 minutes (3,488 words)

‘I Love What Human Voices Do Together’: An Interview with Neko Case

In an interview with rock critic Will Hermes, Neko Case talks about collaboration, women warriors, women inventors, men with excellent falsettos, losing her home to a fire, and feeling lucky in “a great sea of loss.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 8, 2018
Length: 15 minutes (3,994 words)

A New Yorker, and a Sick Person

In an excerpt from her memoir, Sick, Porochista Khakpour recalls fashioning herself after her artist aunt’s example.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 7, 2018
Length: 9 minutes (2,300 words)

Exodus in the Ozarks

A travel essay in which, at a theater in Branson, Missouri, Pam Mandel finds an unexpected plot twist in a very familiar story.

Author: Pam Mandel
Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 4, 2018
Length: 9 minutes (2,441 words)

The Hole in My Soul

A personal essay in which Sara Eckel recalls surprising her agnostic parents by becoming a born-again Christian at age 10. It was the first of many attempts to believe.

Author: Sara Eckel
Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 1, 2018
Length: 17 minutes (4,267 words)

Etta or Bessie or Dora or Rose

From Elisa Albert’s acclaimed 2006 collection, the infamous short story that turned Philip Roth’s playbook inside out.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 24, 2018
Length: 22 minutes (5,706 words)

The High Price of Being a #MeToo Whistleblower

Tricia Romano considers what speaking out about abuse at the hands of Eric Schneiderman has cost a close friend.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 23, 2018
Length: 7 minutes (1,770 words)

More than Make-Work

A jobs guarantee is a messy, awkward, good idea.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 23, 2018
Length: 9 minutes (2,366 words)