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Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 9, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Rachel Sugar, Kate Knibbs, Mark Arax, and Anna Wiener.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Reading List

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners

by Matt Giles April 16, 2018October 19, 2022

This year’s Pulitzer winners include Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, investigative reporting from The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the New Yorker, music from Kendrick Lamar, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

Longreads Best of 2017: Profile Writing

by Longreads December 18, 2017October 19, 2022

We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in profile writing.

Posted inArts & Culture, Reading List, Unapologetic Women

The Mastery and Magic of Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah

by Danielle Jackson September 15, 2017October 19, 2022

With her profiles of Toni Morrison, Dave Chapelle, James Baldwin, and more, Ghansah is an unparalleled chronicler of black excellence.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 25, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Ellen Pao, Henry Wismayer, Taylor Harris, and Jeff Maysh.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof

by Matt Giles August 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah’s harrowing feature explores not only the background of Dylann Roof, who murdered nine parishioners of Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church in 2015, but also the racial and social identities that still prevail throughout the South.

Posted inNonfiction, Uncategorized

The South Carolina Dylann Roof Knew

by Matt Giles August 22, 2017October 19, 2022

For GQ, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah travels through the state that taught Roof a perverted viewpoint of the antebellum period.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 19, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Renee Montagne, Nina Martin, Alex Tizon, Mary Mann, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, and Andy Newman.

Posted inFeatured, Reading List

Behind the Scenes of Longform Storytelling: A Reading List

by Emily Perper February 18, 2017October 19, 2022

These stories will give you an idea of the strength and skill that goes into creating engaging literary journalism.

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