Soul and gospel singer Candi Staton let no hardship stand in the way of her voice, one that helped define the music of her generation.
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Children in the Garden: On Life at a 3,100-Mile Race
Another beauty of endurance is that it is happening at all times. It is everywhere we look. To see someone, anyone, in this world is to witness someone engaged in a feat of endurance.
Posted inAudio, Books, education, Podcasts
Normal Sucks: Author Jonathan Mooney on How Schools Fail Kids with Learning Differences
“We are in a sort of remediation industrial complex.”
Posted inFeature
‘Some Things Never Leave You’: Christian Livermore on Poverty’s Indelible Marks
“For me, passing means trying to be anything other than what I was, and what I fear so desperately I always will be: poor white trash.”
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Laura Nahmias, Victor Luckerson, Arianne Shahvisi, Roberto José Andrade Franco, and Apoorva Tadepalli.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Netflix and Anna Delvey: The Race to Secure the Story of New York’s ‘Fake Heiress’
“Over time, payments from Netflix to Sorokin would rise to $320,000. And for the first time in almost 20 years, they triggered a controversial New York law, designed to stop convicted criminals from profiting from their crime.”
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Was She J.D. Salinger’s Predator or His Prey?
After decades of misogynist characterizations painting Joyce Maynard as violating J.D. Salinger for writing about her relationship with him as a teen, Maynard reprocesses this information and sets the record straight in the light of the #metoo moment.
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Marriage Proposal Follies
A personal essay in which, after she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Marriage Proposal Follies
After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.
