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Best American 2019 Notable

Posted inNonfiction, Story

Home Field Disadvantage

by Kelsey McKinney November 29, 2018October 19, 2022

What will it take to get women’s baseball the recognition it deserves?

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Eating to America

by Naz Riahi November 21, 2018October 19, 2022

When Naz Riahi was 9, she escaped tragedy in Iran only to be confronted by a cruel new world in America. Food became her solace and her tool for assimilating.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Eating to America

by Naz Riahi November 21, 2018October 19, 2022

When Naz Riahi was 9, she escaped tragedy in Iran only to be confronted by a cruel new world in America. Food became her solace and her tool for assimilating.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized

West Across the Sea

by Sam Riches October 19, 2018October 19, 2022

Tryggvi Hlinason is a sheep farmer at the center of a new generation of Icelandic basketball talent. He’s trying to do something that only one other Icelander has done before — play in the NBA.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story

Fat Girl Cries Herself to Sleep At Night: An Illustrated Essay

by Natalie Lima HsxQ b. Si in. October 11, 2018November 23, 2022

Living in a body can be hysterically complicated.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story, Technology

We’re Not Ready for Mars

by Justin Nobel September 19, 2018October 19, 2022

Elon Musk can’t wait to send humans to the Moon and Mars. But before we land ourselves on other worlds, we need to remember how we’ve treated our own.

Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

A Trip to Tolstoy Farm

by Jordan Michael Smith September 12, 2018October 19, 2022

Even if one of the last surviving Tolstoyan communes has fallen short of Leo Tolstoy’s ideals, it’s still turned into something meaningful. It’s a place for people who don’t want to be found.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Sports, Story

Tennis vs. Tennis

by Longreads July 13, 2018October 19, 2022

German tennis player Andrea Petkovic meets the band.

Posted inBooks, Food, Story

Eating Alone

by Longreads July 6, 2018October 19, 2022

We’re eating alone more often than in any previous generation. But why should a meal on our own be uninspired? Why shouldn’t the French saying “life is too short to drink bad wine” still apply?

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

La Otra

by Longreads June 25, 2018October 19, 2022

When a woman and her daughter moved in next door, Jaquira Díaz found her world was suddenly turned upside down.

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