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Editor’s Roundtable: Antidotes to Loneliness (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and a collaboration between Texas Monthly and The Texas Tribune.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Elizabeth Weil, Neena Satija, Dan McDougall, Leslie Jamison, and Amos Barshad.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Drew Magary, Amy Wallace, Leif Reigstad, Pam Houston, and Ziya Tong.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer, Michael J. Mooney, Elisa Gabbert, Nicole Chung, and Ashley Fetters.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Living in a Tree House: Sybil Rosen Remembers Blaze Foley
“And if I’ve learned anything from Blaze Foley, it’s that memory is like a thought: it weighs nothing. You can’t even hold it in your hand.”
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quotes
The Case of the Poisoned Calves
Someone poisoned eighteen of Buck Birdsong’s calves in the past four years. But who? And why?
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Laurie Penny, Mina Kimes, Skip Hollandsworth, and David Marchese.
Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Surprising Case of One Houston Robber
The alleged ring leader of a group of violent armored car robbers isn’t the person friends and family knew.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
28 Voices From the Storm
The before, during, and after of how Hurricane Harvey battered Texas for five days.