“Growing up it was drilled in me that no word should touch the ground. Words are to be revered no matter what those words might mean. Once my Nana insisted my entire room be reorganized because my bookshelf was stationed such that when I went to bed the backs of my feet faced the books […]
“How vinyl flooring made with Uyghur forced labor ends up at big box stores.
Seven stories highlighting the perspective of estranged adult children.
Essayist and poet Elisa Gabbert answers the Longreads Questionnaire.
Featuring stories from Margaret Talbot, Wiam El-Tamami, Virginia Heffernan, Dave Denison, and Meilan Solly.
On why we might want to embrace friction and our recent editor’s picks.
I know the obstacles are out there, and that there will always be a moment where creativity meets friction and grinds to a halt.
“But now I like to imagine him in Paris, sitting at a café, drinking an espresso, his notebook open, full of notes and poetry. It’s easy to picture in my mind. He’d look perfect there.” Four years ago, Kevin Sampsell lost his friend Arthur to suicide. He started writing about him three years ago—but the […]
“I am just one parent. What if more parents read translated books with their children?”
“So long as there are nations, there will be people trying to get out of them, tracking ceaselessly from one to the other while maybe wishing they could belong to the world instead.” In making a cross-country move recently, I realized that I can be a different person in a new place. There’s a certain […]
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