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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 18, 2022December 1, 2022

From writing about climate disaster and catastrophe to pieces on sleep habits, hometowns, and the heyday of a digital media empire, these five reads will take you into your weekend.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Constraints: A Hometown Ode

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 2, 2022November 11, 2022

“When I was in high school, ambition meant two things: escaping my hometown and becoming a writer.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Tend

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 13, 2021December 13, 2022

“The making of bone broth is tedious. It requires tending; it is an investment in the future.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Searching for Sleeper Trains

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 18, 2021October 19, 2022

“Trains are still a part of my blood, my birthright. Through them I embrace my own kind of mobility and ambition, those two valued traits in my family line, if not quite manifested in the direction I’m heading.”

Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 15, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Daniel Engber, Sara Reinis, James Dolan, Irina Dumitrescu, and Amelia Tait.

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

“Addiction is a thief of your goodbyes”

by Krista Stevens February 22, 2021October 19, 2022

“I got angry, my mother cried, the addicts got high. That became a holiday theme for years to come.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 19, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from David Armstrong and Marshall Allen, Jesselyn Cook, Jason Sheehan, Tom Lamont, and Heather Stokes.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 13, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rebecca Solnit, Aaron Gordon, Jason Daley, Maria T. Allocco, and David Marchese.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

When It’s Time to Tell

by Aaron Gilbreath February 20, 2020October 19, 2022

The silence that once protected one woman from memories of her abusive ex-boyfriend and further abuse was now the silence she needed to free herself from.

Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts

The Poetry We Need and the Chitchat We Don’t

by Longreads December 13, 2019October 19, 2022

What we all need to hear right now, with special guest Marisa Siegel, Editor in Chief of The Rumpus.

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