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Best of 2022: Reader Favorites

by Longreads December 27, 2022December 27, 2022

You’ve heard from the Longreads’ editors, now it’s the turn of our readers.

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Posted inNonfiction

Best of 2022: Personal Essays

by Longreads December 8, 2022December 9, 2022

Five notable personal essays published this year, on friendship, loss, war, endings, and metaphors.

On a misty evening, a man walks along a quiet Dutch street
Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 14, 2022October 14, 2022

This week, our editors recommend stories by Naomi Gordon-Loebl, Jean Guerrero, Ben Goldfarb, Dan Kois, and Reeves Wiedeman.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Watcher

by Carolyn Wells October 11, 2022October 14, 2022

“A family bought their dream house. But according to the creepy letters they started to get, they weren’t the only ones interested in it.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Sound of My Inbox

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 12, 2021October 19, 2022

“In a newsletter, the reader is welcomed as a supporter, an ally — or perhaps even a friend.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Beige Ambition

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 4, 2021October 19, 2022

“Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen grew up to make New York’s most desirable clothes. But can even perfection survive the pandemic?”

Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Writing

Neighborhood Watch: The Strange Aftermath of a ‘Karen’ Encounter

by Seyward Darby December 24, 2020October 19, 2022

In a progressive New Jersey community, racial solidarity is complicated.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Buying Myself Back

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 16, 2020October 19, 2022

Emily Ratajkowski writes an essay on celebrity, objectification, and consent. “I’ve become more familiar with seeing myself through the paparazzi’s lenses than I am with looking at myself in the mirror. And I have learned that my image, my reflection, is not my own.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Poison of Male Incivility

by benhuberman July 25, 2020October 19, 2022

On Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s powerful speech on the House floor, and the entrenched narrative of the “disruptive” woman.

Posted inReading List

The Power and Business of Hip-Hop: A Reading List on an American Art Form

by Aaron Gilbreath June 10, 2020November 25, 2022

Stories of hip-hop’s genius, influence, struggle, and endurance.

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