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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 4, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Libby Copeland, Patrick Blanchfield, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Cory Taylor, and Tabitha Blankenbiller.

Nonfiction, Quotes

Diet Is a Four-Letter Word

by Krista Stevens August 2, 2017October 19, 2022

Taffy Brodesser-Akner explores America’s history of obsession with thinness and her own struggles with her body.

Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 28, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Steve Kolowich; Stephanie Clifford and Jessica Silver-Greenberg; Taffy Brodesser-Akner; Carolyn Murnick; and Jamie Lauren Keiles.

a bowl of vegetable soup with a spoon in it

Essays & Criticism, Food, Quotes

Sometimes a Bowl of Soup is Just a Bowl of Soup

by michelleweber July 24, 2017October 19, 2022

And sometimes it’s the embodiment of the cages of wealth and privilege we build around ourselves.

Let’s Go to Jerusalem for Soup Again

by michelleweber July 21, 2017October 19, 2022

Taffy Brodesser-Akner travels to Israel to reexamine the soup of her youth and the gap between memory, desire, and (ugh) reality.

Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 23, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Caity Weaver, Marisa Meltzer, Jiayang Fan, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Jeff Maysh.

Nonfiction, Reading List, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 7, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re featuring stories by Reeves Wiedeman, Monica Mark, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Daniel Duane, and Danny Chau.

Essays & Criticism, Quotes

Not For the Paint of Heart

by Emily Perper February 1, 2017October 19, 2022

Mystery brunette and GQ correspondent Taffy Brodesser-Akner rented and rented, until a bad experience with a New Jersey landlord and a fit of financial security convinced her and her husband it was time to commit to homeownership. Now for the hard part: Choosing paint colors without having a complete existential breakdown. Akner details her taupe night […]