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A teenage girl and man pose for a picture in front of a bus, their faces blurred

Feature

Thank You for Finding Me

by Lisa Bubert July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

As a teenager, I met a stranger who changed the course of my life. Twenty years later, I went looking for him.

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Nonfiction

A Medical Nightmare

by Longreads January 4, 2024January 4, 2024

An ob-gyn in Virginia performed unnecessary surgeries on patients for decades. When his victims learned the truth, they fought back.

A photo of Leslie Hu and her son Pierce O’Loughlin.

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A Vaccine Dispute Turns Deadly

by Longreads April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

Misinformation’s tragic toll on one California family.

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The Fact-Check and the Fury: A Chat With the Writers and Editor Behind The Atavist’s New Issue

by Brendan O'Meara July 21, 2022March 12, 2026

In this excerpt from The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, host Brendan O’Meara talks to Leigh Baldwin and Sean Williams about co-writing “Follow the Leader.”

The writer George Saunders stands in the center of a frame, wearing a tuxedo, backed by a hand-painted red circle. Around Saunders are statues of angels, Abraham Lincoln, and the Buddha.

Reading List

‘Actually Really Sacred’: A George Saunders Reading List

by Brendan Fitzgerald January 27, 2026

Nine essays and interviews from literature’s favorite laureate of compassion.

Nonfiction, The Atavist Magazine

‘You Can’t Sail Around the World By Yourself’

by Longreads October 4, 2022October 20, 2022

Susie Goodall wanted to circumnavigate the globe in her sailboat without stopping. She didn’t bargain for what everyone else wanted.

Nonfiction

Best of 2022: Profiles

by Longreads December 22, 2022June 4, 2025

A great profile accomplishes the nearly impossible by making you feel like you truly know someone you’ve never met. It’s a feat of empathy and insight, the kind of alchemy that turns reporting into rapport. The five examples here span all manner of tone and subject, from victims of gun violence to digital charlatans, but […]