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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 inEditor's Pick
California Notes
Didion’s thoughts about California from when she covered the Patty Hearst trial in 1976.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story, Writing
Meet the New Mormons
Is it possible to be queer, lefty, and a Latter-Day Saint? After leaving the church, Sarah Scoles sets out to understand liberal Mormons.
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.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing
A Storyteller, Unbecoming
On showing, telling, and finding one’s way as a literary writer of color.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Crazy Story of the Professor Who Came to Stay—and Wouldn’t Leave
It’s not easy to evict someone in California. Usually that’s a good thing. (And also, don’t mess with Judith Butler.)
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing
A Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing With Your Father
It was the place he came to feel wild, and I was ready to trespass into the world of men.
Posted inBlog Post, Reading List, Unapologetic Women
Prosecutor, Interrupted: A Kamala Harris Reading List
Profiles of Senator Harris over the past decade show her as both smart and warm. Increasingly, they ask if she has what it takes to win.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Between Their Arab Past and American Present
Lauren Alwan narrates her family’s migration from Syria to California to explore how people’s evolving identities help gain them a foothold in America and create unintentional tensions across generations.
