Thoughts, observations, and reflections from the travel journals of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
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The Gentrification of San Francisco, Circa 1985
Stories about San Francisco’s latest wave of gentrification—perhaps exemplified by the tech bus battles—have been everywhere as of late. But this isn’t the first time critics have mourned the end of San Francisco-as-bohemian-enclave. From “Gentrification’s Price: Yuppies In, the Poor Out” which appeared in the Los Angeles Times on April 3, 1985: In short, San Francisco has become perhaps the most gentrified […]
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Longreads Best of 2014: Business Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in business writing.
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Reservation Confirmed: A Reading List About Airbnb
Five stories about Airbnb.
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How Patty Hearst Went From Kidnapping Victim to Armed Guerrilla
On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst was kidnapped from her Berkeley, CA apartment by members of an urban guerrilla group called the Symbionese Liberation Army. Two months after she was abducted Hearst— the granddaughter of the real life “Citizen Kane,” publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst—had joined the SLA, adopted the the name “Tania” as her […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, Yahoo News, Grantland, California Sunday, Tampa Bay Times, and the Awl.
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Mr. and Mrs. B
When Alexander Chee was a struggling young writer, working as a cater-waiter for William F. and Pat Buckley.
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The Last Freeway
The true story of L.A.’s freeways, and a judge who changed everything.
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Longreads Best of 2015: Under-Recognized Stories
Stories that deserved more attention in 2015.
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Death to the Fascist Insect
Michael Taylor on covering the Patty Hearst case while working as a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1970’s, and trying to make sense of the SLA nearly 40 years later.
