“Jeanine Cummins can write about Mexico — but she will be judged on whether her writing actually captures the experiential and emotional and ethical complexity of that place, and she will be judged with extra care because she is an outsider.”
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Naked City
Here, everyone hurries but no one arrives, everyone shows up but no one gets in, everyone’s a member but no one belongs.
Posted inNonfiction
Trading Spaces
Ditching the Midwest for Southern California on the heels of a crushing divorce, the last thing Cheryl Jarvis wants is her 26-year old son for a roomie.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story
Waiting for Alice
Nick and Nora had Asta. Why can’t we have Alice?
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Where Have All the Music Magazines Gone?
Inside music journalism post-2008 recession, and how media consumption in the 21st century offers a road map for the continuation of the once-robust medium.
Posted inNonfiction
In Search of Etty Hillesum
The work of a young Jewish diarist, writing in Amsterdam around the time Anne Frank began her famous diary, shows the transformation of pain into radical altruism.
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
How the Pacheco Family Pivoted From Baking Bread to Burying the Bodies
“For now, though, he has no plans to become a baker again.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
All the Obstacles in a Mother’s Way
Everyone has something to say about this mother’s body, career, and parental choices.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Kissed a Girl
Vickie Vértiz maneuvers her way around teenage love, friend envy, and being outed by her Mexican mother.
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Editor’s Roundtable: Cities, And How They Used to be Good (Podcast)
This week, Longreads editors discuss stories in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The CT Mirror, and Engadget.
