Episode highlights from The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, featuring The Chronology of Water author Lidia Yuknavitch.
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Best of 2024: The Stories You Missed
It’s been a busy year: Here are some noteworthy pieces that may have passed you by.
Dark Matter
“Frank realized that people needed a way to talk about the messy topics often off limits in everyday conversation.”
Why Make Art in the Dark?
“New research transports us back to the shadowy firelight of ancient caves, imagining the minds and feelings of the artists.”
Land Ownership Makes No Sense
“The earth is a shared inheritance, and profiting off a common resource is just wrong.”
The Race to Save our Online Lives from a Digital Dark Age
“We’re making more data than ever. What can—and should—we save for future generations? And will they be able to understand it?”
The Elusive Erykah Badu
“Twenty years ago, she dropped Baduizm, the album that created a genre. I wanted to know how she did it and found something I hadn’t bargained for.”
The Butchering
“It also showed me a kind of pedagogy that exists in our communities. There are no grades in these moments, only stories and sometimes another pair of hands to guide your way.”
A Soundtrack for Longing, What Museums Reveal, and Our Top 5
“I most love a city I can describe to you by sound or song. Landmarks created via sonic moments, rather than the fleeting nature of architecture.” —Hanif Abdurraqib Welcome to the weekend! I want to thank all the readers who have recently signed up for a Longreads membership. Members will continue to receive this Top […]
To Understand Mississippi, I Went to Spain
“The forces that would shape my home state’s violent history were set in motion by a 480-year-old map made by a Spanish explorer.”

