Revisiting the political conventions.
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RNC vs. DNC: A Reading List Examining the Conventions
Revisiting the political conventions.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Under-Recognized Stories
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in under-recognized stories.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
Beautiful Nowheres: ‘No Man’s Sky’ and the 500th Anniversary of ‘Utopia’
Five centuries after Thomas More’s classic was first published, we still dabble in perfect-world-building.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
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A Journey to Antarctica
I don’t think I was the only one who had trouble holding it together. We had come all this way and cashed in so much good fortune for the outside chance that we might see those eight Emperor penguins pick their way across the ice. And we did. In a world that can seem purpose-built […]
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Longreads Best of 2015: Under-Recognized Stories
Stories that deserved more attention in 2015.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, Cincinnati magazine, The New Yorker, 5280 Magazine, Orion, and the Washingtonian.
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Interview: Vela Magazine Founder Sarah Menkedick on Women Writers and Sustainable Publishing
An Q&A with Sarah Menkedick.
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Gay Talese and ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold’
Gay Talese’s classic 1966 profile of Frank Sinatra with annotations from the author: “The room cracked with the clack of billiard balls. There were about a dozen spectators in the room, most of them young men who were watching Leo Durocher shoot against two other aspiring hustlers who were not very good. This private drinking […]
