The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Rukmini Callimachi, Annie Waldman and Joshua Kaplan, Jesmyn Ward, Hillery Stone, and Alice Driver.
Between Jesmyn and Ta-Nehisi By Katie Kosma Highlight Author Jesmyn Ward sits down with Ta-Nehisi Coates to discuss slavery, superheroes, and how much you have to hate yourself to enjoy being famous.
Celebrating a Profound Literary Inheritance: Glory Edim on the Well-Read Black Girl Anthology By Joshunda Sanders Feature Glory Edim talks about editing her new anthology, the push for equity in publishing, and how black women writers have written themselves into spaces that neglect or ignore them.
Home Is a Mixed Bag, Like America By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Why would a successful black woman move from the Bay Area back to Mississippi?