One woman reconciles with her father’s death on her family’s property.
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Ugly, Bitter, and True
After years of feeling hopeless and barely human, one talented writer manages to find her will to live.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
O, Small-bany! Part 1: Spring
A bygone spring: notes from an adopted hometown.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
O, Small-bany! Part 1: Spring
A bygone spring: notes from an adopted hometown.
Posted inFiction, Quotes
The Trump Story Project
Slate is running short stories by contemporary writers based in an imagined “Trump’s America.”
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
At War With the Rat Army
A refugee from Nazi Germany has trouble adjusting to life in America, so she decamps to the countryside, where she discovers that the war follows you in unexpected ways.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Woolly Mammoths Roam
Ross Andersen’s captivating profile of Nikita Zimov and his quest to re-create a Pleistocene ecosystem is worth reading, not least for a fascinating explanation of how grasses went from being slimy ocean plants to covering huge swaths of the planet.
Posted inArts & Culture
Longreads Best of 2017: Under-Recognized Stories
Here are the best stories we thought deserved more attention this year.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Red Caddy
The first biography of Edward Abbey in a generation is closer to a memoir about friendship between two crusty desert rats.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Earning Our Place on the Planet: An Interview with adrienne maree brown
Her planet/self-help guide for activists, “Emergent Strategy,” is going mainstream — maybe even in time to save the world.
