“Joe Biden was a lot more careful around the press after this 1974 profile.”
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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.
Posted inEssays & Criticism
All True At Once
You made a fool of the words “feminine” and “masculine” — you were neither, you were both.
Posted inUncategorized
Odd, Genius, or Something In Between: A Reading List on Writers
“Give me the weird tics, the turns of phrase, the strange beginnings. Give me the writer in their natural habitat.”
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
In Georgia, Citrus is Just Peachy
“’You’re going to see Georgia citrus become the next Vidalia onion,’ Franklin says. ‘Soon they’ll be in every grocery store around.’”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Election That Could Break America
“If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose
“The President has survived one impeachment, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits. That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, if Joe Biden wins.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare
“Rebecca Acuña is a Mexican immigrant running Biden’s Texas campaign. She has the audacity to think she can turn the state blue.”
Posted inNonfiction
Holiday Gift Guide: 8 Books We Excerpted on Longreads in 2021
A short list of books we loved (and featured) this year.
Posted inEditor's Pick
He’d Waited Decades to Argue His Innocence. Nobody Knew She Suffered from Alzheimer’s.
“Nelson Cruz’s family was so sure Judge ShawnDya Simpson would free him, they brought a change of clothes to his hearing. Then everything took an unexpected turn. Can justice ever be sorted out?”
