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Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads September 2, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, our editors recommend stories by Yessenia Funes, Carl Elliott, Courtney Shea, Jillian Steinhauer, and Ed Simon.

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Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 29, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Tamara Dean, Samanth Subramanian, Sasha Plotnikova, Steve Edwards, and Caity Weaver.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

Climate Change Is Personal for These Alaskan Women

by Aaron Gilbreath March 19, 2018October 19, 2022

Here are the voices of the Alaskans threatened by climate change.

Former New York Daily News gossip columnist A. J. Benza standing next to a poster of an illustrated woman in a bikini
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads December 8, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor, Susan Dominus, Jim Rutenberg, and Steve Eder; Eliana Dockterman, Stephanie Zarachek, and Haley Sweetland Edwards; John Woodrow Cox; Nadim Roberts; and Phil Klay.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Quotes

I Must Be One of the Best, Because I’m Not One of the Worst

by michelleweber December 5, 2017October 19, 2022

Iraq War veteran Phil Klay reckons with his own complicity.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Tales of War and Redemption

by michelleweber December 5, 2017October 19, 2022

“The violence I have seen has left me feeling hollowed out, unable to gild all the agony with some beautiful meaning.”

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized

Yes, We Could, But Can We Now? Reflections on Obama’s Speeches

by Aaron Gilbreath May 8, 2017October 19, 2022

Presidential speeches can motivate a people and set the national tenor. Oh, how we will miss them.

The Thin Man
Posted inNonfiction

The Radical Pessimism of Dashiell Hammett

by Longreads September 22, 2015October 19, 2022

The stories of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler once wrote, “gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse.”

The Thin Man
Posted inNonfiction, Story

The Radical Pessimism of Dashiell Hammett

by Longreads September 22, 2015October 19, 2022

The stories of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler once wrote, “gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse.”

Posted inBooks, Member Pick, Nonfiction

The Wandering Years

by Longreads July 30, 2015October 19, 2022

Thoughts, observations, and reflections from the travel journals of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

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