Tom Junod wonders whether Fred Rogers’ unfailing belief in the goodness of others would help us in today’s climate.
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Novelist Charles Portis Was a True Original
Every Portis fan has a different favorite passage from his novels, but they agree on one thing: no one wrote like Portis.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Chloe Cooper Jones, Adam Serwer, Emma Marris, and Mik Awake.
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Tommy Tomlinson: The Weight I Carry
“On top of all that, some of us fight holes in our souls that a boxcar of donuts couldn’t fill.” Tommy Tomlinson shares the physical and emotional costs of weighing 460 pounds.
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Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2021
Pravesh Bhardwaj read and and shared 304 short stories on the #longreads Twitter hashtag in 2020. Here are his favorites.
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The Promise of Passive Income from Amazon: Too Good To Be True?
Two self-proclaimed “Amazon coaches” say they can train you in their business models so you can make thousands of dollars reselling cheap Chinese products on the world’s largest ecommerce store.
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The Minefield of Facebook Support Groups
If you’re going on Facebook to join a support group, be wary of trolls and those who want to profit from your misfortune.
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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.
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The Lost Boys of #MeToo
When we hear “sexual abuse” we think “women and girls.” But Hollywood’s boy actors are suffering in a different way.
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Longreads Best of 2020: Arts and Culture
Our top editors’ picks in arts and culture writing this year.
