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Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

My Date with Hollywood

by Monica Drake October 18, 2017October 19, 2022

Monica Drake recalls a brush with fame, when a famous actress took an interest in making a movie from her novel.

Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

Judging Books By Their Covers

by Jason Diamond October 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Jason Diamond analyzes his obsession with Vintage Contemporaries paperbacks from the 80s.

Arts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story, Writing

Derivative Sport: The Journalistic Legacy of David Foster Wallace

by Josh Roiland December 7, 2017October 19, 2022

Editors and writers discuss the ways David Foster Wallace’s work influenced them and what it was like to work with him.

Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

My Mongolian Spot

by Longreads August 1, 2017April 18, 2023

An ephemeral birthmark is a rare gift, connecting me to generations spanning the centuries.

Media, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story

In 1975, Newsweek Predicted A New Ice Age. We’re Still Living with the Consequences.

by Longreads April 13, 2017October 19, 2022

All climate change deniers needed was one article to cast doubt on the science of global warming.

Arts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

One Novelist Remembers Her Moment

by Aaron Gilbreath February 27, 2017October 19, 2022

The cover was striking: it showed a syringe. On the back cover one character leaned over a table, snorting cocaine. The calls from radio stations began, the advertising spots, the letters, above all the letters. Girls telling me about their first acid trip. Gay guys who’d been thrown out of their houses. Girls in love […]