The Cabin on the Mountain By Colin Dickey Feature “Sometimes, the mechanism of the answer is something ludicrously complex, a thing that must be pieced out bit by bit. Other times, the solution requires retooling your perspective.” Friends: We Need Your Help to Fund More Stories
Dreaming of Water with Tiger Salamanders By Sam Keck Scott Feature “There is no more urgent form of communication than going extinct.”
Searching for the Mountaintop in Upstate New York By Benje Williams Feature A family confronts its racial past along the Appalachian Trail.
Great American Wasteland By Longreads Feature I am of that bit of earth. So I will not let it go. I show up in the small ways I can, which is talking to people, which is why I tell this to you.
Analyzing the ‘Bimbo’: A Reading List on Hollywood Blondes By Sascha Cohen Feature The source of glamour, sex, and transgression? Or a carefully crafted persona? A closer look at the Hollywood blonde.
Archives of Our Own: A Reading List on Fandom & Community By Lindsay Eanet Feature Fandom gets at our most human urges: to share the things we love with others, to seek community among like-minded peers, especially at a time when we are all still too far apart.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Mstyslav Chernov, Deborah Cohen, Marina Benjamin, Johanna Hoffman, and Gabriella Paiella.
What We Remember: A Reading List on Archives By Hallel Yadin Feature Why do we keep what we keep — and who decides? An archivist digs and collects longreads on how objects and materials shape public memory.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Sasha Archibald, Michael W. Clune, Victoria Livingstone, Danyel Smith, and Drew Magary.
Shamrocks Not Required: A Reading List on Modern Ireland By Clare Egan Feature Eight stories to complicate your clichéd idea of Ireland.
How to Save True Crime: A Reading List of Wrongful Conviction Stories By Maurice Chammah Feature Stories about wrongful convictions open our eyes to systemic injustices in the U.S. court system. Maurice Chammah, a staff writer at The Marshall Project, compiles his recommended longreads within the genre.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Jason Fagone, Shannon Gormley, Nickole Brown, Jason Kehe, and Abe Streep.
What We Wear: A Reading List on Fashion and Our Complex Relationship to Clothes By Sara Tatyana Bernstein Feature Getting dressed isn’t a low-stakes activity.
Becoming Human Again: A Reading List for the Extremely Offline By Lisa Bubert Feature Think it’s time to get off social media? Then this is the reading list for you.
Becoming Human Again: A Reading List for the Extremely Offline By Lisa Bubert Feature Think it’s time to get off social media? Then this is the reading list for you.
What We Wear: A Reading List on Fashion and Our Complex Relationship to Clothes By Sara Tatyana Bernstein Feature Getting dressed isn’t a low-stakes activity.
Perilous Passage By Longreads Feature The true story of a Ukrainian father and son who became the first — and only — Soviet defectors to seek freedom in the West by crossing the icy Bering Strait.
Let Go of Your Ego: A Reading List on Brian Wilson and “Pet Sounds” By Cecilia Gigliotti Feature Let’s go away for awhile and reflect on the genius of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys’ 1966 album “Pet Sounds.” Wouldn’t it be nice?
Shamrocks Not Required: A Reading List on Modern Ireland By Clare Egan Feature Eight stories to complicate your clichéd idea of Ireland.
How to Save True Crime: A Reading List of Wrongful Conviction Stories By Maurice Chammah Feature Stories about wrongful convictions open our eyes to systemic injustices in the U.S. court system. Maurice Chammah, a staff writer at The Marshall Project, compiles his recommended longreads within the genre.