An 18-year-old Parisian woman streams her suicide on social media.
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Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes
Fine for the Whole Family
Helen Rosner’s ode to Olive Garden, and why the chain can never improve a menu no one wants to change.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2016: Essays & Criticism
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in essays and criticism.
Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Nonfiction, Science & Nature
A Toxic Tour Through Underground Ohio
A booming injection well industry is pumping toxic waste deep into the earth in Ohio’s rural towns.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Profiles & Interviews, Sports, Story
‘This is the Most Inexplicable Story in Sports of the Last 20 Years’
An interview with Erik Malinowski, author of ‘Betaball,’ which details the improbable rise of the Golden State Warriors.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Poor, Gay, Black, and Southern: America’s Hidden H.I.V. Crisis
If you have H.I.V in New York or San Francisco, you can life a long, healthy life. Not so if you live in the Southern United States and you’re poor, black, gay and/or bisexual.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Portrait of an Artist Who Flattered Donald Trump
Visiting Mar-a-Lago with Ralph Wolfe Cowan, who has painted celebrities like Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, and Donald Trump.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Essay Will Feel Like It’s Killing You
“Begin by writing about anything else,” says Porochista Khakpour, until she becomes conflicted about writing about being Iranian-American.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Bootlegging Jane’s Addiction
Aaron Gilbreath considers the impact a live Jane’s Addiction recording has had on him, and the effect heroin had on the band’s — and his own — creativity.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Recovering My Fifth Sense
Kavita Das recalls learning to self-advocate as a patient with a cleft palate — and as a child in a family full of doctors.
