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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 6, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Washington City Paper, Astra Taylor and Sunaura Taylor, Leslie Jamison, Mark Pupo, and Madeleine Aggeler.

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Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 1, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Aviv, Clare Gerada, Fatima Syed, Leslie Jamison, and Deb Olin Unferth.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Personal History of the C-Section

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 22, 2021October 19, 2022

“When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 1, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Doug Bock Clark, Thomas Lake, Leslie Jamison, Paul Thompson, and Jude Isabella.

Posted inArts & Culture, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Where ‘Strangers Whisper Secrets in Your Ear’

by Krista Stevens April 29, 2020October 19, 2022

“Is there anyone who doesn’t sometimes imagine an audience for even the most unremarkable moments of her life?”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 27, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jessica Lustig, Ed Yong, Leslie Jamison, Rosa Lyster, and Geoff Edgers.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Since I Became Symptomatic

by Sari Botton March 26, 2020October 19, 2022

A month after filing for divorce, single mom Leslie Jamison contracted COVID-19. She wrote this meditation on single parenthood, loneliness, longing, and frustration while sheltering in place — and sweating out the virus — with her 2-year-old daughter.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 23, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Elizabeth Weil, Neena Satija, Dan McDougall, Leslie Jamison, and Amos Barshad.

Posted inStory

Behind the Writing: On Research

by Sarah Menkedick February 7, 2019October 19, 2022

Sarah Menkedick speaks with Leslie Jamison, Carina Chocano, and Elena Passarello on the art of research.

Posted inReading List

Going the Distance: A Reading List on Running

by Jacqueline Alnes July 27, 2018October 19, 2022

Six stories about running and the human drive to push through pain.

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