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Posted inAnnouncements, Nonfiction, Writing

Calling All Writers: Pitch Us Your Essays

by Longreads January 24, 2022October 19, 2022

Do you have an idea for a Longreads essay? Now is the time to share it.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Storykiller and His Sentence: Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein

by Sari Botton March 12, 2020October 19, 2022

Rebecca Solnit considers Harvey Weinstein’s 23-year prison sentence through the lens of storytelling, and who gets to do it now that at least two men who were “in charge of stories” — Weinstein and Woody Allen — have in the past week lost so much of their power, and women are now finding their voices.

Posted inNonfiction

House of the Century

by Daisy Alioto February 20, 2020December 16, 2022

Daisy Alioto reconsiders the nature of architecture while researching window alarms.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Uncategorized

Death Rattle: The Body’s Betrayals

by Ellen Wayland-Smith March 21, 2018October 19, 2022

Since my father’s death, I dream about descents and falls. How, without warning, gravity has you in its grip.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story, Uncategorized

Death Rattle: The Body’s Betrayals

by Ellen Wayland-Smith March 21, 2018October 19, 2022

Since my father’s death, I dream about descents and falls. How, without warning, gravity has you in its grip.

Posted inCommentary, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

How Black Panther Asks Us to Examine Who We Are To One Another

by Rahawa Haile February 22, 2018October 19, 2022

Rahawa Haile considers how, by sliding between the real and unreal, Black Panther frees us to imagine the possibilities — and the limitations — of an Africa that does not yet exist.

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