Lead Belly, Lee Hays, and the hammer songs that powered the folk movement.
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Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Cast by Chronic Illness Into a Limiting Role
Maris Kreizman dreamed of attending performing arts camp, but she ended up homesick at diabetes camp instead.
Posted inFeature
Ugly, Bitter, and True
After years of feeling hopeless and barely human, one talented writer manages to find her will to live.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Porochista Khakpour on Starving as a Young Novelist
Lit Hub has a compelling essay by “The Last Illusion” author Porochista Khakpour about her struggle to survive early in her career as a novelist.
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Announcing New Writers and Expanded Coverage
A note on our recent work, and some exciting announcements for what’s up next on Longreads.
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Art Director Kjell Reigstad on How We Refined Longreads’ Typography and Logo
How our designer made Longreads even more readable.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
As Innocuous as Plant No. 1
William Vollman enters the radioactive red zone to visit the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Writing
The End of ‘Rolling Stone’ As We Know It
Jann Wenner created a magazine that lasted for 50 years because he understood nostalgia sells.
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Sex, Drugs, and Bestsellers: The Legend of the Literary Brat Pack
A look back at the “literary brat pack”—Jay McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz and a group of other writers in the 1980s as famous for their coke-fueled late nights at the Odeon as they were for publishing celebrated novels before the age of 30.
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On the Dark Side of Literary Fame
After publishing a critically acclaimed first novel, Merritt Tierce reflects on the harsh economic realities that all but a few best-selling authors face.
