Trump’s White House is gradually eroding the tradition of daily press briefings.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re featuring stories from Richard Beck, Rebecca Mead, Sarah Barker, Dylan Matthews, and Sarah Scoles.
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The ‘Smashing Things Together’ Approach to Editorial Illustration
Art Director Kjell Reigstad’s insights on editorial illustration.
Posted inNonfiction, Story, Writing
Use and Abuse
Amy Long on how it feels to fight for the man you don’t want.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Wall Is a Fantasy
Separating fact from fiction in the plan to build an impenetrable barrier along the Mexican-American border.
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The Fantastic Ursula K. Le Guin
A profile of the American writer and author, whose fiction helped transform the mainstream.
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In Your Dreams: A Reading List
In dreams, everything looks familiar but wrong somehow. Here are six stories about what happens between sleep and wakefulness.
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What Are White Writers For?
“It was around this time that I first realized something nonwhite writers learn almost by default: for a fiction writer to deny that fiction is in some way political—in the sense of existing in an inherently politicized world—is not only an act of bad faith but a kind of artistic failure. How can we not, […]
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Longreads Essays Editor Sari Botton’s Guide to Pitching
What I’m looking for, what are the best ways to pitch, and what you can expect from working with me.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
‘I Still Live in a Small Town That I Hate’: Roxane Gay’s Perspective on Her Success
This week, a number of people heard of Roxane Gay for the first time when Simon & Schuster canceled its plans to publish controversial alt-right author Milo Yiannopoulos’s book — but her success has been building for a long time.
