Pravesh Bhardwaj read and and shared 304 short stories on the #longreads Twitter hashtag in 2020. Here are his favorites.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Chelsea G. Summers, Linda Villarosa, Ben Smith, Chappell Ellison, and Louisa Thomas.
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Longreads Best of 2018: Science and Technology
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in science and tech.
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This Week In Books: Too Small For the Occasion
He screamed, and I mean really screamed, to no one and to every one of us who was peeking at him out our windows: “What are we even doing out here!!??”
Posted inArts & Culture, Story
On Flooding: Drowning the Culture in Sameness
Flooding (v.): Unleashing a mass torrent of the same stories by the same storytellers at the same time, making it almost impossible for anyone but the same select few to rise to the surface.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
The Amateur Investigators of the American West
When 66-year-old Bill Ewasko got lost near Joshua Tree National Park, the case spawned a network of amateur investigators obsessed with finding him.
Posted inBooks, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
Leslie Jamison: Does Recovery Kill Great Writing?
When Leslie Jamison got sober she wanted to know how a life lived without alcohol would affect her writing.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Pamela Colloff, Amanda Fortini, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Ira Glass, and Linda Holmes.
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This Week in Books: Farewell Longreads! I’m Taking This Rodeo to Substack.
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