Pretty and Dumb? Tell It to the Avocado By Carolyn Wells Highlight New arrivals didn’t hand Natives the keys to the modern world — but took the tools that built its foundations.
Snapshot of Canada: An Accidental Reading List By Aaron Gilbreath Feature An incomplete portrait of a nation emerges from a stash of old print magazines.
Risking Your Life For a Selfie By Carolyn Wells Highlight “With the right hashtag, anyone can view thousands of potential destinations — and choose which to visit based on aesthetics alone.”
Searching For Mackie By Annie Hylton Feature Seven years ago, a young woman from Tache, British Columbia, went out for the evening and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her, and they deserve answers.
Longreads Best of 2019: Profiles By Longreads Commentary We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in profiles.
The Adaptation of Language Evolution By Carolyn Wells Highlight Language has always changed, but the introduction of technology means it is adapting in ways we have never experienced before.
How Thailand’s Rich Escape Prosecution By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Thailand’s criminal justice system is plauged by an accepted double standard, where corruption prevails.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Brian Trapp, Alison Kinney, Kate Wagner, Willy Staley, and Suzannah Showler.
Is it Possible to be Child-Free and Content? By Carolyn Wells Highlight While motherhood is the natural path for many women – others simply don’t want to take it on.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Jayson Greene, Theresa Breuer, Christa Parravani, Alexandra Kimball, and Casey Taylor.
There’s a Fine Line Between “Discovering” and “Interloping” By Michelle Weber Highlight It’s only “discovery” if you assume the place — or the people — has no meaningful existence apart from your visit. Surprise: you’re not that important.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Emily Raboteau, Joe Bernstein and Davey Alba, Jen Doll, Kate Harris, and Lisa Franklin.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Alex French and Maximillian Potter, Wesley Morris, Ruxandra Guidi, Robert Caro, and Mark Abley.
Pulling Out All the Stops to Understand a Distant Father By Krista Stevens Highlight “The phrase ‘pull out all the stops’ comes from the organ; it’s fortunate for listeners’ eardrums that organists never do this.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Sheera Frenkel, Nicholas Confessore, Cecilia Kang, Matthew Rosenberg, and Jack Nicas; Phil Klay, Harley Rustad, Michael Graff, and Alan Siegel.
She Kept Every Letter By Krista Stevens Highlight “It is so essential to morale that army and navy officers of the highest rank list mail almost on a level with munitions and food.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Finlay Young, Katie Prout, Molly Crabapple, Sean Flynn, and Harley Rustad.
The Canadian Bonsai Star of YouTube By Krista Stevens Highlight For Harley Rustad’s too-tall bonsai Ficus religiosa, the first cut was indeed the deepest.
‘I was pain incarnate.’ By Krista Stevens Highlight As she lives with terminal cancer, Teva Harrison reflects on how fentanyl is helping her make the most of the time she has left.
“My Sparkling Brain”: Dealing with Multiple Sclerosis at Age 27 By Krista Stevens Highlight Meredith White finds a way to cope with the weight of knowing she has MS.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Masha Gessen, Molly Osberg, T. S. Mendola, Alexander Chee, and George Murray.
Once a Nerd, Always a Nerd: D&D 4Eva By Krista Stevens Highlight George Murray is “playing it forward” — sharing his love of Dungeons & Dragons by acting as dungeon master for families who want to learn to play.
To Your Door: The Human Cost of Food Delivery By Krista Stevens Highlight To earn money during a rough patch as a freelancer, Sam Riches worked as a bike courier, delivering food in Toronto during a six-month period. While the job lacked in pay, it offered one intriguing benefit: a crash course in human nature.
It’s Hard to See Seafood As a Healthy Choice After Reading This By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A fish biologist makes a strong case against eating fish.
Why the Most Beautiful Poems Defy Understanding By Krista Stevens Highlight “In a poem, we feel what is there, but also what is not.”
Making Your Own Appointment to Die By Krista Stevens Highlight When someone you love has a fatal disease and chooses to die on their own terms, how do you cope?
Inside the Canadian Credit Bubble, Where Too Many Canadians Live Beyond their Means By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Canada’s new middle class lives paycheck to paycheck, unwilling to give up certain lifestyle choices.
I’m on a Boat, Y’all! (With Canada’s Hyper-Conservatives) By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In The Walrus, Peter Norman boats for a week with followers of Canada’s fear-mongering conspiratorial conservative, Ezra Levant.
An Imam’s Jihad Against Ignorance and Radicalization By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight At The Walrus, Nadim Roberts profiles a Canadian imam who is working to counter radicalization with knowledge.
What Sexual SEO Looks Like By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In The Walrus, Natalie Zina Waschots describes her time doing search-engine optimization for a Toronto pornography curator.
