Every story that appeared in the number five slot in our Weekly Top 5, all in one place.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Mosi Secret, David Farrier, Ferris Jabr, Blake Butler, and Eoghan Walsh.
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Longreads Best of 2020: Profiles
Here’s a selection of profiles that resonated with us this year.
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Best of 2022: All of our No. 5 Story Picks
All the stories we’ve selected as number five in our weekly Top 5 newsletter.
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Tara Roberts, Casey Cep, Benjamin Cassidy, David Alm, and Lacy Warner.
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The Substance of Silence: A Reading List About Hermits
Humans are social creatures, and loneliness can be debilitating — yet, many have discovered solace in the solitary life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Killer Mike Takes His Allies Where He Finds Them
“You may start off with Professor X but Magneto got a fucking point.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our editors share five favorites, just in time for your weekend.
Posted inEditor's Pick
We Bet You Miss Weddings. America’s Greatest Wedding Band Does Too.
“The carefree manner in which the guests of the wedding interacted with one another that night stamps this story in a specific time a seeming eternity ago, before social distancing and quarantine and a great big pause on America’s $60-billion-plus-a-year wedding industrial complex.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Katie Engelhart, Katy Vine, Zach Baron, and Colin Dickey.
