“Before the shooting, watching true crime shows was a diversion. Afterward, it is no longer simply a genre to me.”
Narratively
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Brent Cunningham, CJ Hauser, Carla Bruce-Eddings, Caroline Rothstein, and Lisa Grossman.
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Going the Distance: A Reading List on Running
Six stories about running and the human drive to push through pain.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from David Dayen, M.H. Miller, T. Cooper, Caren Lissner, and Michael Adno.
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The Big Unsolved Mystery of Little Marjorie West
The unsolved mystery of a 1938 kidnapping continues to befuddle in Pennsylvania.
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To Reflect, To Love, and To Protest: A Pride Month Reading List
A roundup of longreads to celebrate Pride Month.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jennifer Gonnerman, Evan Allen, Britni de la Cretaz, Jen Banbury, and Gordon Edgar.
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How American Women’s Pro Baseball Kept Lesbians in the Closet
“Play like a man, look like a lady.” At Narratively, Britni de la Cretaz looks at the history of lesbianism in early pro women’s baseball and at the beautiful love stories that the movie “A League of Their Own” chose to ignore.
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Feeding Our Kids, In Fatness and in Health
If struggling parents feed their kids KFC, is it nutritional neglect or love?
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When Financial Privilege is Mistakenly Assumed
Lilly Dancyger speaks out about her humble upbringing.