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Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 17, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Drew Magary, Amy Wallace, Leif Reigstad, Pam Houston, and Ziya Tong.

Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts

Editors Roundtable: Alma Matters, Raisin Hell, and Upstairs Cocaine (Podcast)

by Longreads May 8, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re discussing stories in The Cut, Vulture, The New York Times, Topic, and The Atavist.

Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘There Are Things You See With Your Body’

by Krista Stevens April 15, 2019October 19, 2022

“Stepping away, I feel something evaporate, a quantum of my soul, perhaps, burning up on contact.”

Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 12, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jayson Greene, Theresa Breuer, Christa Parravani, Alexandra Kimball, and Casey Taylor.

Sonogram of a complete miscarriage
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 26, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Natalie Kitroeff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Brendan I. Koerner, Eve Peyser, Darius Miles, and Bill Wyman.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Uncategorized

I Remember When Rock was Young: Elton John at 71

by Krista Stevens October 23, 2018October 19, 2022

“He’s sold 150 million albums and been famous for five decades. But do we really know Elton John?”

U.S Soldiers Patrol In Khost Province, Afghanistan
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 10, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from C.J. Chivers, David Ewing Duncan, Steve Silberman, Anna Wiener, and David Marchese.

Gwyneth Paltrow
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 27, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Laurie Penny, Mina Kimes, Skip Hollandsworth, and David Marchese.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes

If You Think Billy Joel Will Never Write Another Song, You May Be Right

by Krista Stevens July 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Billy Joel is totally over it.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Author Carmen Maria Machado on the Next Phase of #MeToo

by Danielle Jackson June 22, 2018October 19, 2022

Carmen Maria Machado discusses the nuances of “benevolent sexism,” who gets to define the #MeToo movement, and how it should progress.

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