“If you have the depth, the surface can be as light as it’s possible to make it…I don’t mind that ‘Swimming Home’ is sometimes described as a ‘beach read’ — actually that’s a triumph.”
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‘We Are Alive’: Six Longreads About Music
The soundtrack of my life goes back a long way. Here are six longreads about music, for the love of it.
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‘That Girl is Going to Get Herself Killed’
Krista Diamond | Longreads | November 2022 | 16 minutes (4,342 words) In 2012, I was working at a hotel in Glacier National Park when a man I’d just met invited me for a day of tubing and drinking beer on the river. Little did I know, I would nearly drown in the rapids. But […]
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
How Does the Story End?
“How other people live is pretty much all I think about. Curiosity is the rock upon which fiction is built.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Transforming Craft Into An Act of Protest’: Embroidery In Response to Femicide in Mexico
An embroidery collective in Mexico sews the stories of slain women.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Mike Giglio, Omar Mouallem, Katherine Laidlaw, Dave Daley, and Tim Greiving.
Posted inCuration, Longreads News
Longreads Honored with 14 Notable Mentions in ‘Best American’ Series
Our cup runneth over! Congratulations to all!
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Reading List, Story
Shamrocks Not Required: A Reading List on Modern Ireland
Eight stories to complicate your clichéd idea of Ireland.
Posted inNonfiction
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Lockets
Lockets simultaneously display and hide. But does squirreling our love and grief away in a piece of jewelry keep the memories and emotions present for us, or minimize them?
