This week, we’re sharing stories from Maurice Chammah, Jeff Weiss, Rasha Elass, Danielle Tcholakian, and Lila Shapiro.
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Best of 2021: Personal Essays
The personal essays that we can’t stop thinking about.
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“I Had to Face the Blues Every Day”
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.
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from George Chidi, Chantha Nguon and Kim Green, Poppy Sebag-Montefiore, Stephanie Hayes, and Brianne Garrett.
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Best of 2025: All Our Number Five Story Picks
Every story we selected for the number five slot in our weekly newsletter, in a handy digest.
Posted inNonfiction
Holiday Gift Guide: 8 Books We Excerpted on Longreads in 2021
A short list of books we loved (and featured) this year.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Top Dog: An Oral History of “Wishbone”
“No one had ever done this before. No one had ever put a dog in the middle of the Civil War. How do you actually make that happen?”
Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Plant-Based Eating Is Probably One of the Blackest Things I Could Do’
“Plant-based eating has a long, radical history in Black American culture, preserved by institutions and individuals who have understood the power of food and nutrition in the fight against oppression,” writes Amirah Mercer in “A Homecoming.” The piece, published at Eater, explores Mercer’s path to veganism and the plant-based diets of the Black diaspora. While […]
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The Road to 1948
“How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict.”
