This week, we’re sharing stories from Eliza Brooke, Aaron Cantú, Michael Kruse, Lucinda Chambers, and Lucas Reilly.
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Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
RNC vs. DNC: A Reading List Examining the Conventions
Revisiting the political conventions.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles
An obsession with an orphaned sea otter helps Marlene Adelstein process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
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 inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Don’t Call My Daughter Princess. Call Her Madam President.
Having taken feminist progress for granted, Sarah Stankorb must now reconcile her slow support of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential race with assuring her 4-year-old daughter she can be president someday.
Posted inFeature
Ugly, Bitter, and True
After years of feeling hopeless and barely human, one talented writer manages to find her will to live.
Posted inBooks, Feature, Fiction, Story
My Brother Comes to Moscow
‘We had had many arguments, but he was my brother; he had always been my brother.’
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
“Hey, Can I Sleep In Your Room?”: Studying Love with Elizabeth Flock
Elizabeth Flock on the years she spent studying other people’s marriages in Mumbai.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
