Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 5

10 of our favorite stories from across all of WordPress—featuring Fortune Magazine, Jenny Diski, and The Walrus.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 24, 2014

The Professor and the Allegation: Our College Pick

“For a college newspaper, there is practically no more sensational story than alleged sexual misconduct by a professor,” writes Aileen Gallagher. University of Delaware senior Cady Zuvich “reports a tempered, straight story based on good sources and documents.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 24, 2014

Interview: Kiera Feldman on Oral Roberts, God and Journalism

“I can’t write until I’ve knocked on everybody’s door and tried to talk with everyone who’s even remotely likely to talk. And once I’ve got everything I can possibly get, then I hole up in my room and watch TV on the Internet until my head hurts and it’s not even fun anymore.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 21, 2014
Length: 7 minutes (1,800 words)

Living During an Age of Anxiety: A Reading List

Here are four authors who have written about their experiences with anxiety, its roots and its bedfellows.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 21, 2014

Tools of the Writer’s Trade: A Reading List

What are the stories behind our storytelling tools?

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 14, 2014

Guns in America: A Comprehensive Look — Our College Pick

“News21 presents its findings with empathy but without judgment, a rarity in a media culture where reporting is often presented through the lens of a particular point of view.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 10, 2014

Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 4

Here are 10 of our favorite stories right now from Gangrey, The Hairpin, Carrying the Gun, The Washington Post, Slice Magazine, and more.

Author: Mike Dang
Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 3, 2014

‘Must Be Hard to Live on That’: A Labor Day Reading List

Five stories from the labor movement, and from workers just looking for a better opportunity for themselves.

Author: Mike Dang
Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 1, 2014

Stories From Writers From the National Book Festival: A Reading List

“We went to the National Book Festival for different things, but also the same thing: books and our love of them. Here are four essays and excerpts written by the authors I was lucky enough to see.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 31, 2014

‘Yours Lovingly’: A Reading List About Letters and Pen Pals

A young woman exchanges letters with a Hollywood director and writer. A man writes to a convicted killer. Fan letters to a troubled country star. Here are six stories about the letters we write to one another.

Author: Mike Dang
Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 27, 2014