Sarah Fay reflects on four years spent in solitude (and isolation [and loneliness]), viewing it through the lens of punctuation.
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‘I Was Being Used in Slivers and Slices’: On Feminism at Odds With Evangelical Faith
“I wasn’t unified in my being. I wasn’t able to bring my whole self to the table,” says Cameron Dezen Hammon about her life as a worship leader for an evangelical megachurch.
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Downsizing the American Black Middle Class
Government jobs helped thousands of Black families move into the middle class. Now, increasing calls for government privatization are pushing them back out.
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Stories to Read in 2019
A dozen exceptional stories from 2018 that deserve our ongoing attention.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Brigid, Magdalene, My Mother, and Me
Carmel Mc Mahon contemplates the legacy of trauma passed down through generations of Irish women.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Commentary, Culture, Story, Uncategorized
We All Work for Facebook
Digital labor is valuable even when we do it for free. Should we get paid?
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘In a Marriage, You Grow Around Each Other’: An Interview with Tessa Hadley
Tessa Hadley on gaining the sense of authority she needed to write fiction, the authors whose work opens the door for her to write, and the way we are formed by our connections with other people.
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How the Cosby Story Finally Went Viral — And Why It Took So Long
A journalist who reported on the accusations long before they went viral wonders, “What kind of profession am I in, where stories have no logical reason for unfolding?”
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Garrett Graff Joins Longreads to Cover Border Patrol and Government Policy
Graff will cover border security and immigration, federal law enforcement, and the mechanics of how government works.
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Longreads Best of 2018: Essays
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.
