Michael Gonzales remembers a real friendship and the makings of a brutal crime novel.
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Unattributed: A Reading List on Plagiarism
In the internet age, plagiarizing has become easier to detect—and harder to resist.
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A Whale Hunt on Facebook
Anti-whaling activists target an Arctic subsistence hunter after a whale hunt gets media coverage.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Between Mom and Stepmom
Sarah Menkedick reflects on the very different—and complementary—ways in which her mother and her stepmother have nurtured her.
Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Don’t Call My Daughter Princess. Call Her Madam President.
Having taken feminist progress for granted, Sarah Stankorb must now reconcile her slow support of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential race with assuring her 4-year-old daughter she can be president someday.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Sports Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in sports writing.
Posted inFiction, Nonfiction, Reading List
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes winners have been announced.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Drinking Chai to Savannah: Reflections on Identity, Inclusion and Power in the South
On a girls’ road trip to Savannah with six of her immigrant friends, Anjali Enjeti recalls a traumatic racist incident she experienced as a teen—an interaction that framed her understanding of her otherness, in Georgia, and America.
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The Rub of Rough Sex
Chelsea G. Summers considers the ways in which outwardly ‘progressive’ men like former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman use kink as a cover for abuse.
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Don’t Call My Daughter Princess. Call Her Madam President.
Having taken feminist progress for granted, Sarah Stankorb must now reconcile her slow support of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential race with assuring her 4-year-old daughter she can be president someday.
