The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners

The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes winners have been announced. Here’s a collection of some of the stories from this year’s honorees, including, The Tampa Bay Times, The Washington Post, ProPublica, and more.

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Published: Apr 18, 2016

Our Well-Regulated Militia

Is the conversation around guns in this country really about the right to bear arms? Author Alexander Chee interrogates the proliferation of firearms and growing gun culture in the U.S., the complicated, polarized politics around gun control—and the notion that with more guns, we are somehow safer.

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Published: Apr 18, 2016
Length: 14 minutes (3,713 words)

Our Temporary Homes: A Reading List About Hotels

These essays and the others stories in this list will take you all over the world, to the hotels we call our temporary homes.

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Published: Apr 17, 2016

One Man’s Quest For His Vinyl and His Past

Motivated by seller’s regret and nostalgia, a journalist goes in search of the vinyl of his youth. And not just copies of albums he loved—he wants the exact records he owned and sold. An excerpt from Eric Spitznagel’s new memoir Old Records Never Die.

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Published: Apr 14, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,029 words)

How They Disappeared: A Reading List

Disappearance takes many forms. It can be self-imposed (going off the grid), a medical metaphor (dementia, amnesia or Alzheimer’s) or an act of violence (kidnapping, murder, conspiracy).

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Published: Apr 10, 2016

The Vanishing: What Happened to the Thousands Still Missing in Mexico?

More than 23,000 people have gone missing during Mexico’s drug wars. Every year, their families make a trek to Monterrey seeking answers.

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Published: Apr 5, 2016
Length: 18 minutes (4,634 words)

The Good, the Bad, and the Highly Personal: A Reading List About Haircuts

Six stories about our relationships with our hair.

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Published: Apr 3, 2016

Eight Stories About #HB2 and Its Ramifications on the Transgender Community

“I hope the following eight stories will be of use to you, to educate my cisgender readers and provide support and solidarity to my transgender siblings.”

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Published: Mar 27, 2016

Liar: A Memoir

Our latest Longreads Exclusive is an excerpt from Rob Roberge’s new memoir, Liar. After Roberge learns that he’s likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he’s terrified at the prospect of losing “every bad and beautiful moment” of his life. So he grasps for snatches of time, desperately documenting each tender, lacerating fragment.

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Published: Mar 24, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5,688 words)

Six James Beard Finalists You Might Have Missed: A Reading List

The James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for its 2016 food media awards last week, so it’s a great time to make a cup of tea and cozy up to some excellent food writing.

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Published: Mar 23, 2016