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The Care and Keeping of Notebooks: A Reading List
Six stories about notebooks and note-taking.
The First Person on Mars
“Evghenia Is on Mars” is a plot-rich fantasy Twitter account purportedly run by a female scientist delivering dispatches from Mars in 140-character bursts. In an unlikely but thoroughly wonderful essay, Smarsh uses Evghenia’s story as a jumping-off point to interrogate her own life, and the strange parallels in both their journeys.
Longreads Best of 2016: Our 25 Most Popular Exclusives of the Year
The most popular stories published on Longreads this year.
How David Bowie Came Out As Gay (And What He Meant By It)
David Bowie came out as gay in an interview with Melody Maker magazine in 1972, and it was the closet door heard ’round the world. But what did he mean by it?
A Simpler Cup of Coffee
From backlash to counter-backlash, coffee culture endures in all its glorious fussiness.
Moving to Mars
How NASA is preparing its astronauts for for the longest, loneliest voyage ever.
In the Library with Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Cardigan is a great newsletter by writer-editor Carrie Frye, who shares dispatches from her reading life. We’re thrilled to share some of them on Longreads. Go here to sign up for her latest updates. * * * When I was in college I was pretty good at gadding around (sorry to boast!), and spring was my very best […]
Iggy Pop’s Brand of Experience
Iconic punk progenitor Iggy Pop is touring through the US this spring, and I caught his show in Portland, Oregon last month. As a huge Iggy fan, this tour was no small deal to me. Iggy delivered. Despite new physical limitations, he gave everything his body could give, and the set list of new and […]
Fans, Fiction, and Representation: A New Hope
This is where we are, in the world of fans, fiction, and representation: making progress and mistakes simultaneously.
