Motivated by seller’s regret and nostalgia, a journalist goes in search of the vinyl of his youth. And not just copies of albums he loved—he wants the exact records he owned and sold. An excerpt from Eric Spitznagel’s new memoir Old Records Never Die.
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The Spectacle of Crime: On Detectives, Mysteries, and Dead Girls
A reading list about fictional detectives and the authors who mastermind their literary crime-solving, as well as real-life detectives searching for the truth.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, California Sunday, The Guardian, and The Atlantic.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
My Bad Parenting Advice Addiction
When her son was born, Emily Gould read 25 books about babies and sleep, but wound up only more confused.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Arts & Culture Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in arts and culture writing.
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Jia Tolentino Remembers the Books She Started and the Books She Shelved
“Editing is a fugue state; the time self-erases.”
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Longreads Best of 2016: Sports Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in sports writing.
Posted inArts & Culture, Story
The Tears of Denis Johnson
The writer showed his students and friends how to remain an artist, even when one becomes a kind of cult figure.
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The Shaming of the Cherry Sisters
How “Vaudeville’s worst act” fought for fame and respect on the stage.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Food Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in food writing.
