A kidnapping deemed a hoax, the newbie detective who cracked the case, and the Harvard-trained lawyer whose mental unraveling set the whole story in motion.
Search results
Posted inCulture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Home Is a Mixed Bag, Like America
Why would a successful black woman move from the Bay Area back to Mississippi?
Posted inReading List
Let Go of Your Ego: A Reading List on Brian Wilson and “Pet Sounds”
Let’s go away for awhile and reflect on the genius of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys’ 1966 album “Pet Sounds.” Wouldn’t it be nice?
Posted inFeature
“I Had to Face the Blues Every Day”
Soul and gospel singer Candi Staton let no hardship stand in the way of her voice, one that helped define the music of her generation.
Posted inReading List
Archives of Our Own: A Reading List on Fandom & Community
Fandom gets at our most human urges: to share the things we love with others, to seek community among like-minded peers, especially at a time when we are all still too far apart.
Posted inScience & Nature
Longreads Best of 2019: Science and Nature
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year. Here is the best in science and nature.
Posted inNonfiction
The Cult That Promises to Cure Addiction
For 50 years, Enthusiastic Sobriety programs have offered to help teenagers kick drugs and alcohol. But former followers say ES doesn’t save lives—it destroys them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Unapologetic Women
Rock Me Gently
The classic rock star wanted to stick it to The Man, and did so bender by selfish bender. The new rock star knows you can’t do it alone.
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
“We Can’t Rush This Kind of Power”: An Educator on Teaching Poetry to High Schoolers During the Pandemic
“Poetry has a way of forcing one into recognition, or transformation, or both if we’re lucky.”
Posted inHighlight, History, Nonfiction, Quotes
War, What is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing
“Across these years, hundreds of thousands of young men and women signed on in good faith and served in the lower and middle ranks. They did not make policy. They lived within it.”
