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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 12, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jayson Greene, Theresa Breuer, Christa Parravani, Alexandra Kimball, and Casey Taylor.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Writers tell’: The Devastating Contrasts in Life, Death, and West Virginia

by Krista Stevens April 11, 2019October 19, 2022

“Twelve years later, I birthed my son on my sister’s death day.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 5, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Irin Carmon, Joe Bernstein, Robert Sanchez, Amanda Feinman, and Lois Beckett.

Posted inCulture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

“This Is the Glittering Fringe”: On Drag Inclusivity at the Rosemont

by Krista Stevens April 4, 2019October 19, 2022

‘“The drag here is messy, not vanilla,’ one regular tells me over the din. He sips his drink and settles on a word. ‘Genuine.'”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 22, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Angella d’Avignon, Katie Englehart, Caitlin Dewey, Eric Benson, Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom. 

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘What Happened to You While You Were Gone?’

by Krista Stevens February 25, 2019October 19, 2022

“There is beauty to be found in mining hidden histories, but also, in letting them rest.”

Posted inCrime, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

There Are Few Second Chances for Immigrants Who Commit Crimes

by Aaron Gilbreath June 26, 2018October 19, 2022

How America punishes immigrant criminals multiple times for the same crime and continues traumatizing them.

Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 15, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Ben Blum, Reeves Wiedeman, Mizuho Aoki, Amy Wright, and Sarah Scoles.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes

Dorothy Allison on how Shame Defines Class

by Krista Stevens June 13, 2018October 19, 2022

“What seemed to me life-saving was that I couldn’t lie. I couldn’t put a candy-coated gloss on anything.”

Clearcut fields on the Quinault Indian Reservation
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 27, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rahima Nasa, Roxane Gay, Jessica Camille Aguirre, Lucy Grove-Jones, and Jen Doll.

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