The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Arundhati Roy, Josh Levin, Susan Matthews, and Molly Olmstead, Alison Criscitiello, Grayson Haver Currin, and Alan Siegel.
Arundhati Roy: 1.3 Billion on Lockdown on Four Hours’ Notice By Krista Stevens Highlight “Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing else could.”
Arundhati Roy: “Fiction is a Universe” By Michelle Weber Highlight Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy is the embodiment of concept that the personal is political, even (especially?) in her fiction.
Arundhati Roy Doesn’t Care What You Think By Erin Blakemore Commentary While critics were measuring her life as the length of time between novels, Arundhati Roy was out in the world, living it.