Longtime contributor Pravesh Bhardwaj read and shared 276 short stories on the #longreads Twitter hashtag in 2021. Here are his favorites.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Emily Bazelon, Alex Ronan, Justine Harman, Emily Harnett, and Sam Leith.
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The Beauty of “Bl-Bl-Bl-Blue Moon”
As a society, we need to challenge our assumption that stammering makes someone somehow deficient.
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Editor’s Roundtable: Fans, ‘Grams and Installment Plans
Longreads editors discuss recent stories in Inc., The Cut, and The Baffler.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Sophia Jones, Abigail Covington, Emily Raboteau, Mayukh Sen, and Barry Yeoman.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Brian Trapp, Alison Kinney, Kate Wagner, Willy Staley, and Suzannah Showler.
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Editor’s Roundtable: Better Than Working for a Symphony Orchestra (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in The Baffler, The New York Times Magazine, and the Kenyon Review.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Ian Frisch, Niela Orr, Alison Fensterstock, Jill Lepore, and Austin Carr.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes
This Is the Excellent Foppery of the World
Mercury’s in retrograde, so it’s a great day to read this post.
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‘We All Live in the Great Database in the Sky’: On Silicon Valley and UFO Culture
“The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.
