This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Rachel Sugar, Kate Knibbs, Mark Arax, and Anna Wiener.
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Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
In Bed-Stuy, the Ghost of Robert Moses is Alive and Well
Gentrification is about displacement — but also about marketing and invisibility.
Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story, Technology
We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Very Beginning
Early electric cars performed better in cities than internal combustion vehicles, but didn’t give riders the same illusion of freedom and masculine derring-do.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Sports
The Unnecessary Beauty of Ice Hockey
Kent Russell loves hockey. A lot. I don’t, but Russell’s writing about the game is utterly engrossing
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Price Point that Would Guarantee Exclusivity
In Brooklyn, historically black Bedford-Stuyvesant has been experiencing rapid gentrification: “As a new order has emerged, the ghosts of the previous one are everywhere, but their echoes are getting smaller, snuffed out by the tides.”
Posted inNonfiction
Shelved: Pink Floyd’s Household Objects
On Syd Barrett’s time with Pink Floyd and making an album with household objects and found sounds.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Fighting With Their Fists to Put a Period in a Basket
“Hockey has no reason for being. Rather, hockey’s one of those things that give reason to being.”
Posted inNonfiction
In Praise of Del Amitri’s Album Waking Hours
Some albums make it hard to separate the music from the experience of listening to it.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2019: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Our top picks of the year, all in one place.
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jayson Greene, Theresa Breuer, Christa Parravani, Alexandra Kimball, and Casey Taylor.
