All the stories we’ve selected as number one in our weekly Top 5 newsletter.
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Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Let the Unexpected Expand the Landscape of the Possible
“In general, I try to expect nothing and hope that everything is possible. I want the courage to need very little and demand a lot.”
Posted inStory
The Professor
“Maybe the most powerful person is the one who dares to refuse the gift.”
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2021: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Here’s every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
There She Goes: How to ‘Feminize’ a Face
How a trans woman found the surgery that could restore her sense of self.
Posted inNonfiction
Motherhood on the Line
Three asylum seekers navigate coronavirus and climate change at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Posted inNonfiction
Anaphylaxis of the Mind
Alyson Pomerantz reframes her understanding of illness when an allergic reaction turns out to be something else.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
Prayers to Lucia
When a high-risk pregnancy jeopardizes their eyesight, Heather Quinn explores the expectations of motherhood and finds common ground with a patron saint.
Posted inEditor's Pick
What Was Going Wrong With My Pregnancy?
As a mother-to-be discovered in her distress, much of prenatal medicine is still a mystery.
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Your Healing Crystals Are Part of the Capitalist Exploitation Machine
Healing crystals move from poor villages to first world consumers along a trail of death, ecological destruction, and capitalistic concentration of wealth.
