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The elusive bear is a thing of fascination, and writers have a lot to say about them.

“And it will hurt, but we won’t be the ones doing all of the feeling, finally.” -Harmony Holiday

What a country.

I sometimes forget that it’s all the same thing.

Or, the newsletter in which I conclude that time is a flat circle.

“Oh, all the one-way tickets! / I haven’t found anything / more sorrowful than you / in the pockets of the world.”

Am I ghoul for buying all these plague books?

“Infamously … Goethe dismissed the younger writer as diseased.”

He screamed, and I mean really screamed, to no one and to every one of us who was peeking at him out our windows: “What are we even doing out here!!??”

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

Let Longreads help you with your holiday shopping! We’ve made a catalog of books we featured in 2019 that we think would make great gifts for everyone on your list.

Jacqueline Alnes explores identity and privilege in these six stories about moving house.

Jacqueline Alnes considers the wealth, privilege, racism, and violence inherent in our relationships with U.S. National Parks.

“How does pervasive ableism affect the way our society continues to be architected?”

Either Martin Mull or Frank Zappa or Elvis Costello once said writing about music is as pointless as dancing about architecture. Which doesn’t account for how I’ve danced to all these books.

What kinds of relationships exist between humans and animals, and what well-intentioned actions from humans bring harm?

“I have spent innumerable afternoon hours with the essays below, each writer’s words a lifeline pulling me from the deep.”

A late bloomer as far as relationships go, my first encounter with heartbreak came from the track. It was junior year. The district meet: all big Texas sky and girls next to me adjusting hair ties and heat waves shimmering ahead. At that point in my life, I had devoted myself entirely to running. I […]

Poverty and a lack of diversity are just a couple of pitfalls Jacqueline Alnes explores in this list.

Jacqueline Alnes brings us six stories on disability and discrimination in higher education.

Matthew Kassel brings us eight excellent reads from alt-weeklies across the United States.

“…how do we begin to change the narrative of how women’s pain is perceived, understood, and treated?”

“In the following essays, writers interrogate the complicated pasts of place through food, express nostalgia for long-gone homes, and find belonging by sharing meals.”

Redlining, immersive sound installations, a hidden mural and more in this edition of Alternative Reality.

Jacqueline Alnes brings us eight stories on love in its many-splendored guises.

Jacqueline Alnes shares 10 pieces that examine sports and mental health.

We asked eleven authors to tell us about an amazing book that we might have missed in 2018.

We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in investigative reporting. Lindsay Gellman Senior Researcher for investigative journalist Ronan Farrow Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis (Linda Villarosa, The New York Times) Villarosa’s unflinching examination of […]

We’ve made a catalog of books we featured in 2018 that we think would make great gifts.

The personal essays, original reporting, and collaborations that were our most-read stories of the year.