When it came to gathering refugees, the waiting room of the U.S. consulate was probably the closest thing to Rick’s Café Américain.
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Editors Thinking About Editing at the AWP Conference
The only way to work as an editor and a writer is to continue learning from other editors and writers.
Posted inNonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Wheel, the Woman, and the Human Body
How the newly evolved bicycle helped liberate women and modernize America’s concept of fitness.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
‘You Wouldn’t Think the Ashes of a Man Would Be So Heavy’: Remembering Sam Shepard
Remembering the late actor and playwright Sam Shepard.
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Longreads Best of 2017: Crime Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in crime reporting.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘I Was a Storm of Confetti’: Michael Pollan On Why It’s a Good Idea To Lose Your Self
Michael Pollan talks about using psychedelic drugs, escaping his own ego, and the therapeutic potential of seeing yourself spread out over the landscape like a coat of paint.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
A Trip to Tolstoy Farm
Even if one of the last surviving Tolstoyan communes has fallen short of Leo Tolstoy’s ideals, it’s still turned into something meaningful. It’s a place for people who don’t want to be found.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Road to Asylum
Trans women migrate to escape violence and stay alive. Alice Driver accompanied one of these women on her journey.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Dying Days of the New West
Recent books about the American West turn the old frontier myth into a mirage.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Manhandling of Rock ‘N’ Roll History
Less than 8 percent of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s inductees are women. Time for it to step up and induct an all-female class in 2020.
