“Embracing mortality, in this sense, is to prepare a way for my future children. If this cancer is hereditary, is it not also my responsibility to do everything within my humanly power to ensure, my children nor I, have to suffer?”
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Breaking the Family Silence on Alcoholism
Alicia Lutes contemplates her family’s history of addiction, her mother’s failing liver, and the effect it’s all had on her generation.
Posted inReading List
The Power and Business of Hip-Hop: A Reading List on an American Art Form
Stories of hip-hop’s genius, influence, struggle, and endurance.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Peter DeMarco, Tiffany Kary and Christopher Cannon, Rebecca Solnit, Will Bostwick, and Rosecrans Baldwin.
Posted inNonfiction
California Burning
A year after the Camp Fire, Tessa Love contemplates home, California’s undoing, and what it means to belong.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Last Resort
Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction
The Last Resort
Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices. Some, like the Hallwang Clinic, cater primarily to foreigners.
Posted inLongreads News
Announcing the 2018 Longreads Member Drive
Today we’re launching the 2018 Longreads Member Drive with the goal of raising $50,000 from readers by November 2.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Health Care Sponcon: Where Big Pharma Meets Instagram Influencer
Health care and medical sponsored content from influencers is growing on Instagram. But is it ethical?
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Other Side of Fentanyl
Teva Harrison, who has terminal cancer, reflects on how fentanyl is helping her make the most of the time she has left.
