This week, we’re sharing stories from Tana Ganeva, Garrett M. Graff, Janelle Monáe, Ellen Cushing, and Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder.
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​​’Names Have Power’: A Reading List on Names, Identity, and the Immigrant Experience
Whether adding a hyphen or changing one’s name completely, the process of naming can be complex.
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Tomorrow Isn’t Over: A Reading List About Brighter Futures
Hope may seem to be in short supply these days, but these stories dare to chart a course toward something better.
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Longreads Best of 2022: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
All the stories we’ve selected as number one in our weekly Top 5 newsletter.
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‘Their Bodies Are Not Considered Their Own’: White Privilege in the Emergency Room
It’s against the law to examine someone without their consent — but one ER doctor’s colleagues do it anyway.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Abrahm Lustgarten, Michele Harper, Laura Paskus, Samiya Bashir, and Raven Leilani.
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How Does the Story End?
“How other people live is pretty much all I think about. Curiosity is the rock upon which fiction is built.”
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The Guy who Ordered a Hit On His Stepmother for $5
Death, delivered as per your instructions.
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Apocalypse Now? Now? How About Now?
“And yet I am also, in the darkest corners of my heart, a doomsday prepper myself.”
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Best of 2023: All of Our Number One Story Picks
Every piece we selected as our top story of the week in 2023, all in one place.
