The Ladies of Llangollen fell in love, ran away together, and lived a scholarly life of “delicious seclusion” — secluded, that is, except for all the visitors.
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Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Reclaiming Our Rage
Here’s to more women embracing their anger instead of defaulting to sadness.
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When Newspapers Cover the Private Lives of Nazis
Ordinary details can furnish a room, they can set a table, they can fill the time between hushed meetings of planned genocide.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Why We Resist: Seven Stories About Protest
There are stories here about the Native-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, folks standing up to Donald Trump and his white supremacist cronies, and prisoners striking against their miserable living conditions in a racist system.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Story
The Internet Isn’t Forever
When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism’s digital legacy.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Political Analysis
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in political analysis.
Posted inArts & Culture, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
An Interview with ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Author André Aciman
The author on his writing process and what it was like to watch a film based on one of his books.
