What does incarceration do for the member of a family that views prison as a rite of passage? A New York Times reporter takes a close look at intergenerational criminality.
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Theater of Forgiveness
Hafizah Geter contemplates the personal and cultural legacy of violence against Black bodies.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Theater of Forgiveness
Hafizah Geter contemplates the personal and cultural legacy of violence against Black bodies.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
Not Quite Not White
Sharmila Sen grew up understanding distinctions between castes and religions, between the educated and the illiterate. Race was a distinction she didn’t understand until she came to America.
Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Story
Maybe We Can Make a Circle
Nicole Piasecki writes a letter to the wife of the shooter who killed her father. Part two of a three-part series on gun violence.
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Longreads Best of 2017: Local Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in local reporting.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience
After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience
After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
To Be Clean
A tender relationship with a fellow exotic dancer shows Natassja Schiel how to love her sister, a recovering addict.
Posted inNonfiction, Op-Ed, Story
What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America
University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.
