Tag: Meaghan O’Connell

Meaghan O’Connell on the joy, the triumph, and the prison of breastfeeding.

Longreads is proud and excited to announce that one of our writers, Meaghan O’Connell, has sold a book to Little, Brown.

Longreads is coming to Portland! Join us for a free story mixer on Friday night, March 27, as part of WordPress.com’s Press Publish conference—featuring stories from some of our favorite writers: * * * Nathaniel Friedman (aka “Bethlehem Shoals,” writer and founder, FreeDarko.com) Meaghan O’Connell (author, “A Birth Story”) Nancy Rommelmann (author, “The Queens of […]

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in essay writing.

This year, Longreads worked with a group of outstanding writers and publishers to produce original stories and exclusives that hadn’t been previously published online. It was all funded with support from our Longreads Members. You can read them all here. Here’s a list of the 10 most popular stories we published this year. Join us to […]

Meaghan O’Connell had a perfect pregnancy and the perfect birth plan—and then she went into labor.