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Singer Candi Staton, smiling, hands on her hips, over a patchwork clip of images of her over the years.

“I Had to Face the Blues Every Day”

by David Gambacorta July 12, 2022February 29, 2024

Soul and gospel singer Candi Staton let no hardship stand in the way of her voice, one that helped define the music of her generation.

Nonfiction

Analyzing the ‘Bimbo’: A Reading List on Hollywood Blondes

by Sascha Cohen March 31, 2022February 28, 2024

The source of glamour, sex, and transgression? Or a carefully crafted persona? A closer look at the Hollywood blonde.

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Story

Things That Able Me

by Christy Tending February 2, 2023February 29, 2024

Christy Tending | Longreads | February 2, 2023 | 14 minutes (3,768 words) There are things that able me. A chair. One person speaking to me at a time. Shoes that are not cute, but spare me nerve pain. A hot bath with epsom salts: so hot it would scald most, but my skin is like […]

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Nonfiction

‘Stay Away From Miller’

by Longreads September 1, 2022October 19, 2022

A pioneering humanities program shaped a generation of students and brought acclaim to a public high school in Los Angeles. But beneath the excellence lurked a culture of abuse.

Nonfiction

A Sketch Artist, a Grieving Mother, and An Unsolved Mystery

by Longreads September 8, 2021February 22, 2023

They set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.

Feature

I Remember Arthur

by Kevin Sampsell September 26, 2023February 29, 2024

A writer examines his own depression and suicidal ideation after losing an enigmatic friend and a deeply personal book draft.

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Nonfiction

An Unseen World: A Reading List about Fermentation

by Julia Skinner July 14, 2022February 23, 2024

Ferments are found in every culture and cuisine on earth, and the history of their production is deeply interwoven with our own.

Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 27, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Nick Roberts and Rosa Amanda Tuirán, Carroll Bogert and Lynnell Hancock, Kiese Makeba Laymon, Alicia Kennedy, and Kitty Kelley.