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On Reflection

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 10, 2023February 10, 2023

“Angelina Mazza spends a lot of time looking at her body. And yet, she explains, she’s never truly seen it.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 16, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Sam Biddle, Leah Sottile, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Megan I. Gannon, and Justin Brake.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 11, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen, and Paul Kiel, Arno Kopecky, Isaac Würmann, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, and Laura Spinney.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 16, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Breai Mason-Campbell, Simon J. Levien, Paola Capó-García, Emma Gilchrist, and Liam Boylan-Pett.

Posted inNonfiction

Snapshot of Canada: An Accidental Reading List

by Aaron Gilbreath May 29, 2020December 9, 2022

An incomplete portrait of a nation emerges from a stash of old print magazines.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Zoo That Divided a Town

by Aaron Gilbreath March 12, 2020October 19, 2022

Exotic critters have gnawed the frail threads that once bound a small Ontario community.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Breaking Cycling’s Boy’s Club

by Aaron Gilbreath January 15, 2017October 19, 2022

Bike mechanics have historically been a mostly male group, but a group of Canadian women is changing that and increasing access for female cyclists.

Posted inNonfiction, Story

The Mountain Carver

by Longreads May 25, 2015October 19, 2022

Sculpture has always been a controversial art form in Iran, but that is where Parviz Tanavoli has found his greatest inspiration.

Posted inNonfiction

The Mountain Carver

by Longreads May 25, 2015October 19, 2022

Sculpture has always been a controversial art form in Iran, but that is where Parviz Tanavoli has found his greatest inspiration.

Posted inMember Pick, Nonfiction, Story

Autistic and Searching for a Home

by Longreads December 24, 2014October 19, 2022

Between jail and the hospital, Savannah Shannon’s life is in limbo.

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