Leigh Shulman learns the meaning of home and belonging when she volunteers at a monkey refuge with her nine-year-old daughter.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Food Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in food writing.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, as chosen by the staff at Longreads.
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Celebrate Pride: The Importance of LGBTQ History
This Pride series continues with stories and interviews surrounding LGBTQ history in the United States.
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The Plot to Steal the Color White From DuPont
How a Chinese corporate spy swiped plans for DuPont’s billion-dollar color formula.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Celebrate Pride: The Importance of LGBTQ History
This Pride series continues with stories and interviews surrounding LGBTQ history in the United States.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
King-Killers in America (and the American Who Avenged the King)
When Charles II regained the throne, he launched a global manhunt for the judges who had sentenced his father to death.
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The Man Who Solved His Own Murder
Alexander Litvinenko—a former Russian spy—was poisoned with a cup of tea at a London hotel. Harding recounts how Litvinenko worked with Scotland Yard in his last days to solve his own murder.
Posted inFiction, Reading List
10 Outstanding Short Stories To Read in 2017
Stories from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Michael Chabon, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Investigative Reporting
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in investigative reporting
