Here are nine stories about modern-day sex education and our history with bad sex ed classes.
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Breaking the Mold
Social scientist Bella DePaulo’s research reveals a broader array of lifestyles—from our relationships to our living spaces—than many of us could dream up.
Posted inFiction, Reading List, Uncategorized
10 Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2016
Below is a guest post from Mumbai-based writer-filmmaker—and longtime #longreads contributor—Pravesh Bhardwaj (@AuteurPravesh).
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Show Must Go On
Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon on the anger and pain of performing with her then husband after their marriage had fallen apart.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Our Sex Education: A Reading List
Here are nine stories about modern-day sex education and our history with bad sex ed classes.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
When the British Museum Reading Room Was Bohemian London’s Most Happening Spot
It’s counterintuitive to think of the British Museum as a happening spot, but for a long time its reading room served as a premier gathering place for London’s brainy bohemians. In the 1880s, these included radicals like George Bernard Shaw, Henry Havelock Ellis, and Eleanor Marx, Karl Marx’s youngest daughter. They worked there, and they talked […]
Posted inBooks, Reading List
Longreads Best of 2015: Under-Recognized Books
Books that deserved more attention in 2015.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
Liar: A Memoir
“Your memories are already foggy and scrambled at times. And then, they may not even be there anymore.”
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
The Art and Business of Book Covers
Here are pieces I’ve enjoyed, new and old, about the art and business of book cover design.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Inside the Kris Jenner Playbook
Kris and her children didn’t do much press for Season 10, unheard-of for this family or anyone promoting a TV show, really. Call it an educated guess to say that perhaps they didn’t want to be asked about Bruce’s transition. But not because they were shielding Bruce, whom they love. It was not because he […]
