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Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Story
The Internet Isn’t Forever
When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism’s digital legacy.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Why We Resist: Seven Stories About Protest
There are stories here about the Native-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, folks standing up to Donald Trump and his white supremacist cronies, and prisoners striking against their miserable living conditions in a racist system.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2016: Political Analysis
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in political analysis.
Posted inNonfiction
Finding the Soundtrack to My Desert Life
In the ’90s, discovering the music of Friends of Dean Martinez helped Aaron Gilbreath stop running and appreciate life in his native Arizona.
Posted inArts & Culture, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
An Interview with ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Author André Aciman
The author on his writing process and what it was like to watch a film based on one of his books.
Posted inEssays & Criticism
Longreads Best of 2017: Essays
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.
