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Longreads Goes to the Movies: A Reading List

by Emily Perper July 27, 2017October 19, 2022

Five stories about movies, for your reading pleasure.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

Behind the Scenes of Children’s Television: A Reading List

by Emily Perper December 13, 2016October 19, 2022

These stories explore the art and economics of making television for kids.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

Behind the Scenes of Children’s Television: A Reading List

by Emily Perper December 13, 2016October 19, 2022

These stories explore the art and economics of making television for kids.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

14 Stories About Love: A Reading List

by Emily Perper February 14, 2016October 19, 2022

Revel in all the feels with these 14 (get it?) essays and interviews.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

14 Stories About Love: A Reading List

by Emily Perper February 14, 2016October 19, 2022

Revel in all the feels with these 14 (get it?) essays and interviews.

Posted inReading List, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 24, 2015October 19, 2022

Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, The New Yorker, Toronto Life, The AV CLub, The Atlantic, and Radio Silence.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

David Letterman’s Reluctance on Becoming an Actor

by mikedang April 22, 2015October 19, 2022

From The AV Club’s oral history of Airplane!, which looks back on how the hit 1980 comedy was made.

Posted inNonfiction

Longreads Best of 2013: The Most Surprising Piece of Cultural Criticism of the Year

by heymarkarms December 2, 2013October 13, 2022

DuckTales Invented a New Animated Wonderland—That Quickly Disappeared Todd VanDerWerff | The AV Club | February 2013 | 9 minutes (2,159 words) Elizabeth Hyde Stevens is author of the book Make Art Make Money: Lessons from Jim Henson on Fueling Your Creative Career. “I was shocked that Todd VanDerWerff was able to write such a […]

Posted inBest of 2013, Nonfiction

Longreads Best of 2013: The Most Surprising Piece of Cultural Criticism of the Year

by heymarkarms December 2, 2013October 19, 2022

Elizabeth Hyde Stevens is author of the book Make Art Make Money: Lessons from Jim Henson on Fueling Your Creative Career. “I was shocked that Todd VanDerWerff was able to write such a serious essay about the show DuckTales. As a kid, I saw every episode, and didn’t think much about why it was good, […]

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