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Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 6, 2023January 26, 2023

Happy New Year! Here’s our first Top 5 list of 2023.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Fighting the Tree

by Peter Rubin January 4, 2023January 4, 2023

“Maybe I wasn’t the son Dad wanted. Maybe, if he could have, he would have picked another kid, a son he could enjoy parenting.”

Posted inNonfiction

Longreads Best of 2019: Essays

by Longreads December 10, 2019October 19, 2022

We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.

Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Living to Tell About It

by Aaron Gilbreath February 25, 2019October 19, 2022

Struggling with trauma, sexual objectification, and self-harm, the teenage T Kira Madden found salvation in her close relationships with other young women.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Finding Grace Between Love and Loss

by Aaron Gilbreath November 27, 2018October 19, 2022

One single mother’s journey to construct a sense of self that’s true to herself, not to other people.

Posted inArts & Culture, Featured, Nonfiction, Quotes

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

by michelleweber March 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Sam Kriss, in a post he calls his “magnum opus” in The Outline, explores the age-old warning not to stare directly at the sun.

Posted inEditor's Pick

What Happens When You Stare at the Sun?

by michelleweber March 20, 2017October 19, 2022

“The injunction not to look directly into the sun isn’t just medical — it’s always political.”

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