Unearthing the Story: An Interview with Peter Hessler By Frank Bures Feature The New Yorker writer describes his career’s circuitous route, from his start as a struggling fiction writer to becoming a China correspondent, and now the author of a new book about the Arab Spring.
Prince of the Midwest By Longreads Feature For one Wisconsin farm boy, Minneapolis will always be the city of Purple Rain.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Rebecca Solnit, Robert F. Worth, Margaret Talbot, Porochista Khakpour, and Frank Bures.
Teaching a Stone to Fly By Krista Stevens Highlight The perfect skipping stone has “lobes” that act as spokes, keeping the stone above the water.