Miles Marshall Lewis remembers a love of Prince and Paris.
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Longreads Best of 2017: 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.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Ellen Pao, Henry Wismayer, Taylor Harris, and Jeff Maysh.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized
‘I Didn’t Have the Language to Call It Racism’: An Interview with Nicole Chung
Nicole Chung wants white parents of transracial adoptees to grapple more candidly with the reality of racism in America.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing
‘As a Grown Woman, I Still Have To Continuously Learn To Say No’
Memoirist Tanya Marquardt talks about consent, trauma, and investigating our memories in the age of #MeToo.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
How Do You Name a Not-Quite-Fat Ken Doll?
When a company decides to “celebrate diversity,” who’s the party for?
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
She Got Hacked So You Don’t Have To
At GQ, Sarah Jeong willingly got “spearphished,” a sophisticated email hack that uses your trust against you.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Ken Doll Reboot: Beefy, Cornrowed, and Pan-Racial
A behind-the-scenes look at the redesign process of the new, diverse lineup of Ken Dolls.
Posted inNonfiction, Uncategorized
The South Carolina Dylann Roof Knew
For GQ, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah travels through the state that taught Roof a perverted viewpoint of the antebellum period.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Unlikely Friendship of Long Ma and Bac Duong
When taxi driver Long Ma agreed to drive Bac Duong home, he had no idea he was about to be taken hostage by three escaped inmates.
