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Alternative Reality: An Alt-Weekly Reading List

by Matthew Kassel November 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Nine excellent stories discovered in U.S. alt-weekly newspapers.

Business, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Versage

by Longreads February 11, 2019October 19, 2022

Following knock-off fashion’s flow from Lagos to Guangzhou (and back again).

Arts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story

Los Angeles Plays Itself

by David L. Ulin March 4, 2019October 19, 2022

In this land of constant reinvention, a longtime resident walks the streets to understand what the city was and what it’s becoming.

Books, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

The Need for Distance: Jaclyn Gilbert on Writing and Running

by Jacqueline Alnes December 3, 2018October 19, 2022

For author Jaclyn Gilbert, revising her writing is much like doing the same running loops over and over, to the point where she doesn’t have to think about where she’s going anymore.

Food, History, Quotes

Goodness, How Delicious, Eating Goober Peas

by michelleweber May 2, 2018July 24, 2026

Is there anything peanuts aren’t good for?

Books, Nonfiction, Quotes

Robert Caro on Understanding a President Through the Rooms He Occupied

by heymarkarms February 3, 2017October 19, 2022

There are facts in journalism, but there are other truths hidden in the room. In this 2016 Paris Review interview with James Santel, Robert Caro, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson, gives a masterclass on how to report on a subject’s behavior, his environment, his breath, and the cushiness […]

Arts & Culture, Books, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Chimayó

by Longreads January 24, 2019October 19, 2022

Esmé Weijun Wang discovers a new interpretation of faith while on two kindred pilgrimages: one to find an accurate medical diagnosis, one to a sacred site in New Mexico.