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Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
Captive Audience
When you live alongside anything for a long time — any person, any character, any narrative structure, any screen flicker — you become a part of it and it becomes a part of you.
Posted inReading List
Longreads Best of 2017: Political Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in political writing.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Dying Days of the New West
Recent books about the American West turn the old frontier myth into a mirage.
Posted ineducation, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
A Long, Lasting Influence on Educational Equity
As the Philadelphia Eagles start the 2018-19 NFL season, defensive end Chris Long is also committed to making wins off the field by creating educational equity for students in the United States.
Posted inNonfiction, Sports, Story
Losers’ Lunch
Dining out with courtsiders, a rogue, impish species in the tennis ecosystem.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Sports
A March Madness Reading List, with Music By Céline Dion
@TitanicHoops is your must-follow Twitter feed for this year’s tourney.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Profiles & Interviews, Sports, Story
‘This is the Most Inexplicable Story in Sports of the Last 20 Years’
An interview with Erik Malinowski, author of ‘Betaball,’ which details the improbable rise of the Golden State Warriors.
Posted inCurrent Events, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Maybe We’re the Circle
Megan Stielstra and Nicole Piasecki talk about the shooting that changed their lives, who owns the story, and what to do with fear. Part three of a three-part series on gun violence.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
A Farewell to Fuckboys in the Age of Consent Culture
Minda Honey explores the long unraveling of a #MeToo moment in the wake of cultural upheaval.
