The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Rukmini Callimachi, Annie Waldman and Joshua Kaplan, Jesmyn Ward, Hillery Stone, and Alice Driver.
Death as a Work of Art By Krista Stevens Highlight “He tried to explain that the tomb was his final creative act, one that he would make with love, as he had made ceramics daily for the past forty-four years.”
What’s Love Got to Do With It? By Alice Driver Feature “Although the world has made space for more diverse women, we are still expected to fill the role of the one who wants to be loved, to be a mother when perhaps we only ever wanted to paint, to write, to explore the world alone, on our own terms.”
My Spoon, Your Bullet By Alice Driver Feature Alice Driver reports from the November protests against the Colombian government of President Iván Duque Márquez.
¡Ay qué niñas! By Alice Driver Feature Niños migrantes, muchos de los cuales son menores no acompañados, viajaron a la frontera de los Estados Unidos para escapar de violencia y pedir asilo. ¿Alguien está escuchando sus historias?
Oh, Girl! By Alice Driver Feature Migrant children, many of whom are unaccompanied minors, are traveling to the U.S. border to escape violence and seek asylum. Is anyone listening to their stories?
El camino al asilo By Alice Driver Feature Las mujeres trans migran para escapar de la violencia y mantenerse con vida. Alice Driver acompañó a una de estas mujeres en su viaje.
The Road to Asylum By Alice Driver Feature Trans women migrate to escape violence and stay alive. Alice Driver accompanied one of these women on her journey.
No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison By Alice Driver Feature After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.
‘Forgive Yourself. And Forgive Me.’ By Alice Driver Feature Alice Driver considers what lessons to take from a late uncle’s life.
The Mutilated and the Disappeared By Alice Driver Feature A visit to the only shelter in Mexico for migrants who have been mutilated along the migrant trail.
Los mutilados y los desaparecidos By Alice Driver Feature Una visita al único refugio en México para inmigrantes que han sido mutilados a lo largo de la ruta migratoria.
Help Alice Driver Tell One of the Stories of Our Time By Longreads Commentary “The reasons people migrate and the violence they suffer are the stories of our time.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Abrahm Lustgarten, Lois Beckett, Julia O’Malley, Alice Driver, and Sarah Jeong.
Alice Driver on the Passion to Create and the Fear of Failure By Krista Stevens Highlight It took Alice Driver’s dad 2 1/2 years and 4,000 bricks to build his fourth wood-fired kiln. But would it fire properly?
Talking to Alice Driver About Violence Against Women in Juárez By Julia Wick Commentary Alice Driver, a filmmaker, writer and photographer whose work focuses on human rights, feminism, and activism, has written extensively about Juárez.
