We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in arts and culture writing.
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Posted inNonfiction
An Ocean Away From the Sanctuary of Manhattan, Signs of Peaceful Coexistence
As a Jewish New Yorker, Candy Schulman is surprised to find a small town in Andalusia celebrating the coexistence of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures, despite the area’s dark racist history.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Rorschach’s Inkblots Are Part of Art History
Merve Emre looks at the enduring visual power of Hermann Rorschach’s inkblots while reviewing Damion Searls’ new book on the German psychiatrist and his work.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
MAWA! The Christian Alt-Right Wants to Make America White Again
Sarah Posner introduces some of the main players in “alt-right Christianity” in her exploration of American Evangelicals’ embrace of Trump.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2017: Investigative Reporting on Sexual Misconduct
Investigations into sexual misconduct perpetrated by powerful men across several industries had the biggest impact in 2017.
Posted inBooks
This Month In Books: ‘What Creates That Need To Leap?’
This month’s books newsletter has one foot out the door.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Can the Rise of a New Left Deepen Our Definition of Democracy?
Duke University law professor Jedediah Purdy, writing in The New Republic, looks at the rise of the left in American politics.
Posted inEditor's Pick
America’s New Opposition
From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter, the left has been reborn. Can it find a way to harness the populist uprising that brought Trump to power?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Mega-drought and Me
As California gets drier, a woman entering her 30s reflects on PCOS, pregnancy, and her desire to have children.
Posted inFeature, Story
Exilium Vita Est: The Island Home of Victor Hugo
Emma Jacobs takes us on an illustrated journey of Hugo’s writing life in exile on Guernsey, where he completed Les Misérables.
