Our inherited biases about who should write what live deeper than most of us realize or want to acknowledge.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
The Little Book That Lost Its Author
How will artificial intelligence change literature?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
How We Write About the Nazis Next Door
The Nazi next door is still a Nazi.
Posted inReading List
But You Look Fine: A Reading List About Disabilities, Accommodations, and School
Jacqueline Alnes brings us six stories on disability and discrimination in higher education.
Posted inNonfiction
Orwell’s Last Neighborhood
While envisioning the darkest of futures and grappling with mortality, the English writer retreated to an idyllic Scottish isle to write Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Posted inCulture, Story
Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime
Why do people — mostly men — want to throw axes and dress like lumberjacks?
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
When You Carry All That You Love With You
Alice Driver travels into the heart of the caravan.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Anand Gopal and Azmat Khan, Claire Dederer, Dale Maharidge, Leslie Jamison, and Nina Coomes.
Posted inStory
‘Victims Become This Object of Fascination… This Silent Symbol.’
Rachel Monroe talks about the pitfalls of the true crime genre. “I had this feeling like I can see the whole thing and nobody else understands… That’s a real trap that we as reporters can fall in.”
