“’I think if the town survives, the newspaper will survive. I think we’re so intertwined. It’s not going to be one without the other. Our fates are going to be the same.'”
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Longreads Best of 2019: Profiles
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in profiles.
Something About the Present
“And so I remember that it’s this moment I want, before it becomes the next, where anything could happen and anything could not.”
“Different Days” for Jason Isbell
“I’m grateful that I was a drunk. I’m grateful that I know what all those things are like, what those feelings are like, how bad it can hurt, how great it can feel.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer, Nicholas Thompson, Gabriel Winant, Rachel Lord Elizondo, and Pamela Petro.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Tim Alberta, Jane C. Hu, Katy Kelleher, Jimmy Thomson, and David Marchese.
Mathematics as a Cultural Force
Historian Amir Alexander on Euclidean geometry’s far-reaching effects.
Truly Seeing the River: An Interview with Writer Boyce Upholt
Writing about the culture and beauty of the Mississippi Delta requires seeing the mighty river as more than a line of water.
Jericho Brown: ‘Write into the Deep Dark Wreck’
“I grow green with hope. I’d like to end there.”
‘I Was Being Used in Slivers and Slices’: On Feminism at Odds With Evangelical Faith
“I wasn’t unified in my being. I wasn’t able to bring my whole self to the table,” says Cameron Dezen Hammon about her life as a worship leader for an evangelical megachurch.

