On journeys to Rikers Island in New York City and Robben Island in South Africa, Roohi Choudhry examines issues of incarceration and racism, and envisions a day when the convicted are no longer exiled to penal colonies.
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Derivative Sport: The Journalistic Legacy of David Foster Wallace
Editors and writers discuss the ways David Foster Wallace’s work influenced them and what it was like to work with him.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
A Loaded Gun: The Real Emily Dickinson
She was less like a recluse, more like a bomb going off.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
A Loaded Gun: The Real Emily Dickinson
She was less like a recluse, more like a bomb going off.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 6
10 of our favorite stories from all across WordPress, featuring The Kenyon Review, Tablet, The Aerogram, Sportsnet, Los Angeles Magazine, School for Birds, and more.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
We No Longer Drop Dead as Frequently as We Used to
Jacob M. Appel practices medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and his writing has appeared in numerous literary journals.
Posted inNonfiction
Come Hear My Song
A night at the San Joaquin Valley’s last historic honky-tonk.
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Come Hear My Song
A night at the San Joaquin Valley’s last historic honky-tonk.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Reading List: Stories From the Working Class
This week’s reading list from Emily Perper includes stories from The Kenyon Review, The Billfold, This Ain’t Livin’, Forbes, The Washington Blade, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week—featuring Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Magazine, The Atlantic, The Kenyon Review, Bloomberg Businessweek, fiction from Electric Literature, plus a guest pick from Moses Hawk.
