• Support Us
  • Editors’ Picks
  • Features
  • Reading Lists
  • Shortreads
  • Best of
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Tumblr
  • Mastodon
Skip to content
  • Editors’ Picks
  • Features
  • Reading Lists
  • Shortreads
  • Best of
Longreads

Longreads

Longreads : The best longform stories on the web

  • Support Us
Support Us

middle age

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Old Dudes On Skateboards

by Aaron Gilbreath October 15, 2019January 20, 2023

The death of his life-long skateboarding friend prompts Aaron Gilbreath to get back on his board — at 44, with his toddler daughter in tow.

Posted inHighlight, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

Who You Were Is Who You Are Is Who You Will Be

by michelleweber February 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Some of the trappings might change, but you at 27 is fundamentally you at 37 is you at 47. La plus ça change!

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

Gone Gray

by Jessica Berger Gross July 10, 2018October 19, 2022

Jessica Berger Gross reflects on what letting her roots grow in at age 45 has meant, in terms of feminism and resistance.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

Gone Gray

by Jessica Berger Gross July 10, 2018October 19, 2022

Jessica Berger Gross reflects on what letting her roots grow in at age 45 has meant, in terms of feminism and resistance.

Posted inNonfiction

You’ve Reached the Winter of Our Discontent

by Rebecca Schuman March 27, 2018October 27, 2022

A half-assed elegy for the Cool-Loser Dream Boy of Gen-X cinema.

Posted inFirst Chapters, Nonfiction, Story

One Man’s Quest For His Vinyl and His Past

by Aaron Gilbreath April 14, 2016October 19, 2022

Motivated by seller’s regret and nostalgia, a journalist goes in search of the vinyl of his youth. And not just copies of albums he loved—he wants the exact records he owned and sold.

Posted inFirst Chapters, Nonfiction

One Man’s Quest For His Vinyl and His Past

by Aaron Gilbreath April 14, 2016October 19, 2022

Motivated by seller’s regret and nostalgia, a journalist goes in search of the vinyl of his youth. And not just copies of albums he loved—he wants the exact records he owned and sold.

Longreads
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Tumblr
  • Mastodon
  • Home
  • About
  • Membership
  • FAQ
  • Submissions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Notice for California Users
  • Press
  • RSS Feed
  • Opt-out preferences

Part of the

family

© 2023 Longreads. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}