This week, we’re sharing stories from Elizabeth Weil, Leah McSweeney and Jacob Siegel, Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, Sean Patrick Cooper, and Priya Krishna.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Rhyming Was No Longer a Symptom, But a Cure’: From Stroke Survivor to Rap Legend
For stroke survivor Sherman Hershfield, rapping and rhyming kept his seizures under control.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Elizabeth Wurtzel Made it Okay to Write ‘Ouch’
Today’s memoirists and personal essay writers owe a debt of gratitude to the Prozac Nation author for rewriting an inhibiting rule.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Crime, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Great Fiber-Optic Fraudster of Alaska
To this day, only Elizabeth Pierce knows why she defrauded partners and investors by forging contract signatures.
Posted inQuote Posts, Uncategorized
The Link Between Hurricane Katrina, Emmett Till, Racism, and Climate Change
“I wondered if Katrina was really a 14-year old boy named Emmett.”
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2020: Arts and Culture
Our top editors’ picks in arts and culture writing this year.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Out There I Have to Smile
Heather Lanier explores the pressure to perform happiness.
Posted inEditor's Pick
How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend
For stroke survivor Sherman Hershfield, rapping and rhyming kept his seizures under control.
Posted inReading List
This Month in Books: The Decameron Is Online
We can all quarantine alone, together, in one big villa in the cloud.
