After years of trying to distinguish herself, Sara Eckel considers the value of door-to-door canvassing, phone-banking, and other anonymous tasks of everyday activism.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Food, Nonfiction
Good Coffee Shouldn’t Have to Cost More Than $1
American’s infatuation with coffee, and the quest to see whether a delicious, $1 cup of joe is possible.
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What the Boston Globe’s ‘Make It Stop’ Front Page Says About Moral Outrage in Journalism
Nothing is normal right now, so it makes perfect sense that journalists should reconsider what objectivity means in 2017.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Taking Up Smoking at the End of the World
In his late twenties, John Sherman finds a new fondness for cigarettes, despite everything he was ever taught about them.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Vanishing As a Way to Reclaim Your Life
On the eve of her marriage, an adventurous young woman tests how free she really wants to be.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
My Father’s Adventure Was My Terror
With the decision to take his 13-year-old daughter on a dangerous drive to Peshawar, Diana Whitney’s charismatic father became a regular fallible human in her eyes.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Taking Up Smoking at the End of the World
In his late twenties, John Sherman finds a new fondness for cigarettes, despite everything he was ever taught about them.
Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
Longreads Best of 2016: Here Are All of Our No. 1 Story Picks from This Year
All through December, we’ll be featuring Longreads’ Best of 2016. To get you ready, here’s a list of every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring The New Yorker, California Sunday, n+1, Boston Magazine, and Collectors Weekly.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
