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Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Curiosity, Unfettered: Margaret Atwood as the Prophet of Dystopia
Rebecca Mead’s profile in The New Yorker covers the resonance of The Handmaid’s Tale in Donald Trump’s America.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Protectors
Do you own your pet, or does your pet own you? This deceptively simple piece of short fiction explores fertility and fragility, and the ways we fail to protect those we love.
Posted inProfiles & Interviews, Story
‘I Try Not to Have a Schedule’: Talking Writing with William Vollmann
Renowned for the size of his books as the magnitude of his subjects, the author is ready to take on waste and climate change.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Editor Who Brought Julia Child to America
Judith Jones, the legendary Knopf editor, has died at the age of 93.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story, Travel
The Island that Disappeared
An Englishman searches for what’s left of Providence, a failed Puritan colony in the Caribbean.
Posted inArts & Culture
Longreads Best of 2017: Arts & Culture Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in arts and culture writing.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Politics and Prose
Marie Myung-Ok Lee finds herself conflicted about attending a controversial author’s reading and wonders: what does “speaking up” actually mean?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Politics and Prose
Marie Myung-Ok Lee finds herself conflicted about attending a controversial author’s reading and wonders: what does “speaking up” actually mean?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
A Personal Odyssey Through Florida’s Varied Regions
Jason Diamond road trips from Jacksonville to Key West trying to get a handle on the state where much of his family has settled.
