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This Week in Books: A B-Movie Storytelling Moment

by Dana Snitzky April 14, 2020December 9, 2022

Give me a Bolaño novel that starts with a guy walking into a bar, and then another guy starts telling him a story, and the rest of that novel is just the second guy telling that story.

Story

Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2021

by Longreads January 11, 2021January 9, 2025

Pravesh Bhardwaj read and and shared 304 short stories on the #longreads Twitter hashtag in 2020. Here are his favorites.

Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

Our Words Will Save Us and Set Us Free

by Jackson Bliss March 18, 2019October 19, 2022

In the wake of having his writing career belittled, Jackson Bliss becomes an interpreter for a refugee and comes to see words, translations, and storytelling as important acts of resistance.

Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

Our Words Will Save Us and Set Us Free

by Jackson Bliss March 18, 2019October 19, 2022

In the wake of having his writing career belittled, Jackson Bliss becomes an interpreter for a refugee and comes to see words, translations, and storytelling as important acts of resistance.

Nonfiction

Leadership Academy

by Victor Wei Ke Yang January 20, 2020December 30, 2022

Victor Yang considers how his time as an immigrant rights organizer helped him understand his mother, and the guilt and obligation he carries from their relationship.

Nonfiction

Jersey Girl

by Longreads December 31, 2019December 30, 2022

Too Japanese for Americans and too American for the Japanese, one New Jersey native traces the influence of racism on her parents’ careers and her own life.

Nonfiction

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Lockets

by Katy Kelleher July 16, 2020November 25, 2022

Lockets simultaneously display and hide. But does squirreling our love and grief away in a piece of jewelry keep the memories and emotions present for us, or minimize them?