Featuring stories by Willa Köerner, Robyn Ross, Ariel Sabar, Julian Lucas, and Dan Moore.
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Posted inQuestionnaire
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Vauhini Vara
The author of Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age and The Immortal King Rao on memorable meals and books about whales.
Posted inFeature
Open to the Outlandish: A Conversation with Rebecca Renner
Brendan O’Meara talks to author and journalist Rebecca Renner about getting the first draft down, the importance of a strong editor, and how a story evolves from pitch to publication.
Posted inReading List
Friction: A Reading List on Why Inconvenience Can Be Meaningful
Five stories that explore the risks and rewards of life’s little hurdles.
Posted inReading List
Dead Moms Club: A Mother’s Day Reading List
Eight thoughtful reading recommendations for those who’ve lost their moms.
Posted inNonfiction
Tomorrow Isn’t Over: A Reading List About Brighter Futures
Hope may seem to be in short supply these days, but these stories dare to chart a course toward something better.
Posted inFeature
Magical Mystery Toads
The long, tangled, and mostly wrong history of the psychedelic toad.
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Highlighting stories from Alex Morris, Gordy Megroz, Patricia Marx, Leigh Claire La Berge, and Anne Casselman.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Stranger Than Fiction
“How an aspiring poet in Brooklyn became a tool in a right-wing propaganda blitz linked to Falun Gong.”
Posted inFeature, The Atavist Magazine
‘What Kind of Man Would Abandon His Family By Pretending To Be Dead?’
A father’s disappearance, dark family secrets, and the hunt for Bigfoot.
