Essayist Lacy M. Johnson attends a funeral in Iceland for “Okjökull” — once a glacier 16 square kilometers in surface, and now “only a small patch of slushy gray ice.” In personifying shrinking masses of ice — key geographical features of the area, and the planet — officials hope to impress upon people the dire […]
Search results
Posted inEditor's Pick
N.K. Jemisin’s Dream Worlds
In Raffi Khatchadourian’s New Yorker profile, N.K. Jemisin recounts the racism she witnessed as a child in Alabama in the ’80s, as well as racism — editorial and otherwise that she has lived through in her career.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Ronan Farrow, Nawal al-Maghafi, Corey Robin, Minda Honey, and E. Alex Jung.
Posted inAudio, Feature, Story
Plotting Out Structure and Writing Out Heroes: A Chat With the Writer and Editor Behind The Atavist’s New Issue
In this excerpt from The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, host Brendan O’Meara talks to Katia Savchuk and Atavist editor-in-chief Seyward Darby about their work on “A Crime Beyond Belief.”
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2020: Arts and Culture
Our top editors’ picks in arts and culture writing this year.
Posted inCulture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology
Can Tech Become Ethical, If It Learns to Be Mindful First?
Is tech disrupting spirituality, or is spirituality finally disrupting tech?
Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts
Editor’s Roundtable: Just Put Some Eyes On There (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in Grub Street, The New Yorker, Gay Magazine, and The Verge.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Exploring The Paris Underneath Paris
Drawn to the culture of urban exploration, the author crawls through narrow tunnels under Paris so we don’t have to.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
An Unenviable Week of Firsts in Seattle Under COVID-19
“We didn’t know it yet, but we were living in a kind of laboratory of the country’s future. We were the first.”
Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts
Editor’s Roundtable: Stories About Stories
Longreads editors discuss stories in ProPublica/The New Yorker, Wired, and Esquire.
