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Longreads Goes to the Movies: A Reading List

by Emily Perper July 27, 2017October 19, 2022

Five stories about movies, for your reading pleasure.

Can Molly Save a Marriage?

by Krista Stevens January 9, 2017October 19, 2022

An excerpt from A Really Good Day, Ayelet Waldman’s memoir on experimenting with microdoses of LSD to treat a mood disorder.

Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

Politics as a Defense Against Heartbreak

by Minda Honey February 12, 2018October 19, 2022

Minda Honey assesses the deliberate choices and external factors affecting her dating life.

Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

Politics as a Defense Against Heartbreak

by Minda Honey February 12, 2018October 19, 2022

Minda Honey assesses the deliberate choices and external factors affecting her dating life.

Nonfiction, Quotes

Cat Marnell’s Rehab Writing Retreat

by Sari Botton January 28, 2017June 4, 2025

At The Cut, Emily Gould profiles Cat Marnell, the famously self-destructive former beauty editor who miraculously managed to complete a compelling, well-written memoir, How to Murder Your Life — despite first blowing her entire advance on drugs.

A Trip of One’s Own

by Sari Botton January 13, 2017October 19, 2022

A review of Ayelet Waldman’s new memoir, A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage and My Life, that also serves as a personal essay about Vaye Watkins’ marijuana use as she weans off anti-depressants (she writes the piece “a little high”), and the tiny dose of LSD […]