In case you’ve missed them, here’s a quick list of some of the most recent #longreads #fiction picks from the community: 1. “The Side Sleeper” (Emily Schultz, Taddle Creek) RT @taddlecreek: “The Side Sleeper”: a longish short story by @manualofstyle (Emily Schultz). taddlecreekmag.com/the-side-sleep… #longreads #fiction — Joyland Magazine (@joylandfiction) May 9, 2013 2. “We Have […]
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Longreads Guest Pick: BKLYNR's Favorite Brooklyn Stories
Thomas Rhiel and Raphael Pope-Sussman are the founding editors of BKLYNR, a new online publication that features in-depth journalism—including more than a few #longreads—about Brooklyn. Thomas’s pick: “Brooklyn: The Sane Alternative,” by Pete Hamill in New York magazine It’s 2013—three long years since New York magazine asked “What was the hipster?”—and yet there are still […]
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My Top 5 #Longreads on the Business of Film, Music and Books
Mark Armstrong (that’s not him above) is the founder of Longreads, and editorial director for Pocket. This past week’s Steven Soderbergh speech on “The State of the Cinema” isn’t as big a downer for film lovers as these choice quotes might have you believe: “Shouldn’t we be spending the time and resources alleviating suffering and helping […]
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Happy 10th Birthday, The Believer!
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, The Believer has just published a handful of classic stories for the first time on the web, and they were nice enough to share them with the Longreads community. Enjoy: Eddie Vedder Interviewed by Carrie Brownstein (June 2004) “Crimes Against the Reader” (Rick Moody, April 2005) “Transmissions from Camp Trans” (Michelle Tea, […]
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Happy 10th Birthday, The Believer!
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, The Believer has just published a handful of classic stories for the first time on the web, and they were nice enough to share them with the Longreads community. Enjoy: Eddie Vedder Interviewed by Carrie Brownstein (June 2004) “Crimes Against the Reader” (Rick Moody, April 2005) “Transmissions from Camp Trans” (Michelle Tea, […]
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Longreads Member Pick: House Heart, by Amelia Gray
This week’s Member Pick is “House Heart,” a short story by Amelia Gray, the author of the novel Threats and short story collections Museum of the Weird and AM/PM. “House Heart” was published in the December 2012 issue of Tin House—here’s more from Tin House assistant editor Emma Komlos-Hrobsky: In Amelia Gray’s ‘House Heart,’ a couple entraps a young woman in their ventilation […]
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articles read & loved no. 47
dietcoker: An Oddly Modern Antiquarian Bookshop in Toronto specializes in the strangest, most wonderful books. Katherine Arcement writes about her adolescent love of fan fiction. Monica Torres writes about majoring in English while not being white. Dating While Feminist and Christian Emily Perper’s always excellent reading list.