After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
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My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience
After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
The Return of the Face
Physiognomy is a discarded 19th-century pseudoscience. Why can’t we stop practicing it?
Feeling the Wind in Their Beards
For the Sikh Motorcycle Club Of The Northeast, riding is centering, creates brotherhood and reaffirms their commitment to Sikh values.
The Menace and the Promise of Autonomous Vehicles
What does it mean to experiment with technology that we know will kill people, even if it could save lives?
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Caitlin Dickerson, Aaron Edwards, Alice Su, Jia Tolentino, and James Somers.
Trouble
Two women share a history of daring, of lost direction, of dark bedrooms, and an enforced silence they finally break.
At Home on Carmine Street
Abigail Rasminsky thought she’d survived a robbery unscathed. Then she realized it was following her everywhere.
Losers’ Lunch
Dining out with courtsiders, a rogue, impish species in the tennis ecosystem.
Longreads Best of 2017: Profile Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in profile writing.

