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Posted inNonfiction

More Than a Feeling: A Blues Reading List

by Chris Wheatley July 28, 2022October 20, 2022

A hundred years on from its birth, the music continues to speak to the heart — an art form that also serves as social commentary, communal history, and cathartic release.

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Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Reading List, Story

Shamrocks Not Required: A Reading List on Modern Ireland

by Clare Egan March 17, 2022October 19, 2022

Eight stories to complicate your clichéd idea of Ireland.

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Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 6, 2023January 26, 2023

Happy New Year! Here’s our first Top 5 list of 2023.

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Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 20, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Laurie Penny, Josh McColough, Will Di Novi, Kent Russell, and Christian Wallace.

A collage of global folk musicians — from Finland, Tibet, Mongolia, and Mali — all performing in traditional dress.
Posted inReading List

‘This Stuff is Alive’: A Global Folk Music Reading List

by Chris Wheatley October 18, 2022October 19, 2022

Six pieces that demonstrate the timelessness of ever-changing sonic traditions.

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Posted inStory

Something About the Present

by Devin Kelly January 26, 2023January 30, 2023

“And so I remember that it’s this moment I want, before it becomes the next, where anything could happen and anything could not.”

smiling woman on a boat
Posted inNonfiction

‘You Can’t Sail Around the World By Yourself’

by Longreads October 4, 2022October 20, 2022

Susie Goodall wanted to circumnavigate the globe in her sailboat without stopping. She didn’t bargain for what everyone else wanted.

Posted inNonfiction

‘Every Single Person Migrating Has a Story’: Caitlin Dwyer on the Emotional Underlayers of Family Separation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 3, 2021October 12, 2022

The writer describes her process of reporting and shaping her recent essay, “The State of Waiting,” which explores love in the shadow of war and immigration policy.

A boat moves through the marshland and water in Lake Borgne on August 23, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Posted inEssays & Criticism

Low Country, High Water: A Reading List for a South Under Climate Change

by Spencer George April 28, 2022October 19, 2022

How do you love a place that is sinking?

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Posted inFeature

How Wednesday Addams Birthed a Generation of Cynics

by Emily Alford November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

Emily Alford | Longreads | November 23, 2022 | 8 minutes (2,132 words) Midway through 1991’s The Addams Family, young Wednesday Addams attempts to supplement her family’s lost fortunes by selling poison lemonade for a nickel. Not everyone’s a willing customer. “I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown with no preservatives,” a perky […]

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