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#NoShame in Mental Illness: A Reading List

by Emily Perper July 12, 2015October 19, 2022

Here, I’ve collected several stories about mental illness, many written by writers of color.

‘So What Do You Do?’: A Reading List

by Automattic February 2, 2014October 19, 2022

This week’s picks from Emily includes stories from Politico, Vela Magazine, McSweeney’s, and Mother Jones.

Nonfiction, Story

On the Other Hand

by Longreads September 10, 2015October 19, 2022

Twenty-five years after Jim Henson’s death, a glimpse of the man who kept his most iconic puppet singing: Steve Whitmire.

Nonfiction, Reading List

Yes, All Women Part II: A Reading List of Stories Written By Women

by Emily Perper June 29, 2014October 19, 2022

My last Yes, All Women reading list was a hit with the Longreads community, so here’s part two. Enjoy 20 pieces by fantastic women writers. 1. “When You’re Unemployed.” (Jessica Goldstein, The Hairpin, June 2014) “The first thing to go is the caring…You develop a routine: changing out of sleeping leggings and into daytime leggings.” […]

Nonfiction, Reading List

Trauma and Joy: Four Stories About Adoption

by Emily Perper March 8, 2015April 16, 2024

The stories of adoptees are not open-and-shut case files—they are complex and messy. In these particular stories, you’ll meet a young woman who fought for her three brothers, a group of stridently anti-adoption adoptees, an eager couple waiting by the phone, and another couple coping with the myth of post-racism.