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Nature’s Revenge Porn: Animal Documentaries at the End of the Earth
“From the emergence of the form, documentaries have sought out and fictionalized the most extreme points of contact between ‘humanity’ and ‘the wild,’ not only reflecting back but actively promoting a set of myths that license oppression, extractivism, mass eviction; the histories of documentary, exploitation, and wilderness conservation are darkly intertwined.”
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2022: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
All the stories we’ve selected as number one in our weekly Top 5 newsletter.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
When Death Came to Mauritius
“Black waves bring animals to the town’s shore. Sticky corpses float on the oil.”
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The Wild, Sublime Body
“Girls were not supposed to be enormous. They were not supposed to be scabby and strong. Inexplicably, strong and big were what every animal wanted to be except us.”
Posted inAnnouncements, Reading List, Story, Writing
Celebrating 13 Years of Longreads
Ten favorite Longreads originals, as selected by the editors.
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I Remember Arthur
A writer examines his own depression and suicidal ideation after losing an enigmatic friend and a deeply personal book draft.
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Bones, Bones: How to Articulate a Whale
“I have sat inside her rib cage. And yet I know nothing about her.”
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from George Chidi, Chantha Nguon and Kim Green, Poppy Sebag-Montefiore, Stephanie Hayes, and Brianne Garrett.
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The Great British Reading List
A reading list on the weird and wonderful culture of Great Britain.
