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Beautiful Women, Ugly Scenes: On Novelist Nettie Jones and the Madness of ‘Fish Tales’
Edited by Toni Morrison, the 1983 novel ‘Fish Tales’ by Nettie Jones was supposed to set the literary world on fire. It didn’t.
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Mayonnaise, Disrupted
Is Josh Tetrick’s vegan-mayo company just another over-promising, under-delivering startup?
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Take Script, Add Snow
The psychology behind America’s obsession with Hallmark Christmas movies.
Posted inNonfiction
My Year on a Shrinking Island
Former baker Michael Mount explores the interplay of community, cookie dough, and changing terrain on Martha’s Vineyard
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
George Washington Lived in an Indian World, But His Biographies Have Erased Native People
Telling Washington’s story without erasing the people and lands that preoccupied him leads to important new questions; like, just how consequential for American history was the first president’s addiction to land speculation?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Talk Like an Egyptian
Cary Barbor traverses language, culture, and class to connect with her new family.
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Longreads Best of 2018: Essays
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Year of the Cat
Elisabeth Donnelly looks back at a relationship with a wily cat during a lonely time in upstate New York.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
As Beauty Does
Chaya Bhuvaneswar contemplates the powerful evolution of a woman’s beauty over time.
