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This Isn’t the California I Married

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 3, 2022October 19, 2022

“The honeymoon’s over for its residents now that wildfires are almost constant. Has living in this natural wonderland lost its magic?”

Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 19, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Skip Hollandsworth, Kory Grow and Jason Newman, Jordan Kisner, Clare Fieseler, and Jessica Klein.

Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 7, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Elizabeth Weil, Jeannette Cooperman, Ryan Katz, and Madeleine Watts.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Your Next Hospital Bed Might Be at Home

by Seyward Darby January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

“In a time of strained capacity, the ‘hospital at home’ movement is figuring out how to create an inpatient level of care anywhere.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 3, 2021October 19, 2022

“It would take years before Molly and Heaven would learn that neither of them was ever in the foster system. Instead, caseworkers had diverted them to what some scholars call ‘hidden foster care’ or ‘shadow foster care,’ in which the legal protections of the formal system disappear.”

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Best of 2021: Profiles

by Longreads December 21, 2021January 25, 2023

The profiles that left us reeling.

Posted inEditor's Pick

52 Years in 11 Days: A Son, Facing Death, Finds His Father

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 11, 2021October 19, 2022

“After struggling with cancer for years, Sam Anthony was running out of time. Before he died, he found the courage to mail a letter that he had long been afraid to send.”

Posted inNonfiction

Best of 2021: The Stories We Missed

by Longreads December 28, 2021October 13, 2022

The pieces we didn’t get to — until now.

Posted inEditor's Pick

I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 29, 2021October 19, 2022

“After 18 months of pandemic parenting isolation, the writer Jon Mooallem knew just where the cure might lie: a minor-league baseball game in eastern Washington.”

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Posted inNonfiction

Best of 2021: Features

by Longreads December 16, 2021October 13, 2022

The deep dives that left us gasping for air.

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