Marie Myung-Ok Lee finds herself conflicted about attending a controversial author’s reading and wonders: what does “speaking up” actually mean?
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Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Writing
Letters from Trenton
While striving to become a travel writer in the years after Watergate, Thomas Swick discovered that although writing for a newspaper was educational, there was more to be learned through romance with a foreigner.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Writing
Letters from Trenton
While striving to become a travel writer in the years after Watergate, Thomas Swick discovered that although writing for a newspaper was educational, there was more to be learned through romance with a foreigner.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Op-Ed, Quotes, Video
Please Watch This Video Showing the Unfathomable Cruelty of U.S. Immigration Policy
The willful dismissal of our own humanity and common sense lies at the core of U.S. immigration policy.
Posted inArts & Culture
Longreads Best of 2017: Profile Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in profile writing.
Posted inEditor's Pick
M.I.A.
In 1968, an American soldier named John Hartley Robertson disappeared in the jungles of Laos after his helicopter was shot down. His body was never found—until 2008, when a Christian missionary discovered a man in Vietnam who claimed to be Robertson.
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Sun Never Sets on Oppression and Dominance, or Why You’re More Aztec Than You Think
Aztec priests ripped out people’s hearts daily as a sacrifice to the sun, and for Sam Kriss, the contemporary West might be a lot more like them that we think.
Posted inLongreads News
Announcing New Writers and Expanded Coverage
A note on our recent work, and some exciting announcements for what’s up next on Longreads.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Four Dead in Ohio
In an excerpt from his 2005 book, Philip Caputo recalls reporting on the Kent State shootings for the Chicago Tribune.
Posted inCurrent Events
What It Takes to Remove a President Who Can’t Do the Job
Is he confused, insane, or just paranoid? Evan Osnos traces the history of presidential incapacity for the New Yorker
