Celebrate Pride: The Importance of LGBTQ History

This Pride series continues with stories and interviews surrounding LGBTQ history in the United States.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 12, 2016

Bringing Bach to the Public

A conversation with violinist Michelle Ross, who, for a month, toured New York City playing Bach’s entire solo violin cycle in public spaces.

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Published: Jun 9, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,866 words)

Celebrate Pride: Stories About LGBTQ Parenthood

This reading list is dedicated to childbirth and/or queer parenthood, focused primarily on the experienced of mothers and non-binary parents.

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Published: Jun 5, 2016

This Is to Mother You: On Caring for a Toxic Parent in Her Greatest Time of Need

When her challenging, cancer-ridden mother suffers a psychotic break, Jane Demuth searches for the wherewithal to help the person who once demanded the most of her.

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Published: May 30, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,632 words)

A Reading List for the Start of Summer

Stories in preparation for the summer season.

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Published: May 29, 2016

A Liberated Woman: The Story of Margaret King

Inspired by her governess, the radical feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, Margaret King cast aside her immense privilege, cross-dressed as a man to go to medical school, and inspired a new generation of women to push against the rigid conventions of their era.

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Published: May 24, 2016
Length: 16 minutes (4,200 words)

‘How We Became a Prison Family’

A new first chapter from author Patricia Engel’s novel, The Veins of the Ocean.

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Published: May 23, 2016
Length: 13 minutes (3,331 words)

Graduation Day: Five Stories About Commencement

If your commencement speaker disappoints, you can read these beautiful addresses from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ursula K. LeGuin and Joy Ladin.

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Published: May 22, 2016

A Country Verging on Collapse: A Reading List on Venezuela

Five stories about people trying to live amid Venezuela’s instability and chaos, from a manufacturing entrepreneur jailed over toilet paper in his factory’s restrooms to an American attorney killed in a violent robbery.

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Published: May 18, 2016

Unchain My Heart: On the Emotional Effectiveness—and Lingering Sexism—of Jewish Divorce

Sari Botton explores the dark side of a tradition that has for millennia subverted women’s rights.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 17, 2016
Length: 20 minutes (5,211 words)