Dining out with courtsiders, a rogue, impish species in the tennis ecosystem.
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Where Were You the First Time You Realized the Government Wasn’t Always On the Ball?
The 1969 oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara galvanized environmental activism, and Pacific Standard’s oral history is a great read.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Why Are So Many Inmates Attempting Suicide at the California Institution for Women?
Something is driving female inmates at the California Institution for Women to attempt suicide at a rate five times higher than the state and national averages. Prevention is not a priority.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death
Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction
How Does It Feel? An Alternative American History, Told With Folk Music
On Guthrie, Robeson, Seeger, Lomax, Dylan, the Red Scare, the fall of labor, and what folk music had to do with it.
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Announcing New Writers and Expanded Coverage
A note on our recent work, and some exciting announcements for what’s up next on Longreads.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Justin Heckert, Peter Vigneron, Michael Lista, and Anthony Breznican.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
A Remarkable Child
My friend Sam went back to Brooklyn and his gang of peculiar white buddies watching their endless Stanley Kubrick film festival. I shall not see him again.
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California Notes
Didion’s thoughts about California from when she covered the Patty Hearst trial in 1976.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Nonfiction
Women Are Relating to James Comey’s Senate Testimony
Comey wrote about attempting to avoid being alone with President Trump.
