“I Had to Face the Blues Every Day” By David Gambacorta Feature Soul and gospel singer Candi Staton let no hardship stand in the way of her voice, one that helped define the music of her generation.
Holiday Gift Guide: 8 Books We Excerpted on Longreads in 2021 By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Feature A short list of books we loved (and featured) this year.
How a Hacker Named P4x Took Down North Korea’s Internet By Krista Stevens Highlight North Korea hacked him. Things got personal.
Death of Writing, Writing of Death: A Reading List on Artificial Intelligence and Language By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Feature
‘This Wasn’t His First Time’ By Longreads Feature A kidnapping deemed a hoax, the newbie detective who cracked the case, and the Harvard-trained lawyer whose mental unraveling set the whole story in motion.
The Big, Bonkers, British, Christmas Pantomime By Carolyn Wells Feature Oh, yes I did! An attempt to explain the bizarre tradition of the British Christmas pantomime.
‘Can You Imagine How That Felt?’: Blake Bailey’s Predations, As Told By His Students By Seyward Darby Highlight
Final Girl, Terrible Place By Lesley Finn Feature I was expecting a handy theory. What I found was a way of seeing that would help me decode a script I’d been stuck in for much of my life.
Love Song to Costco By Yuxi Lin Feature “In the great halls of Costco, two of our greatest fears are assuaged — that of not having enough, and that of not being enough.”
Nine Longreads Stories Recognized Across This Year’s ‘Best American’ and ‘Year’s Best’ Series By Longreads Highlight
This Visionary Chef Has Unlocked the Secrets of the Sea Floor. Can He Change the Way We Eat? By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight
“I Had to Face the Blues Every Day” By David Gambacorta Feature Soul and gospel singer Candi Staton let no hardship stand in the way of her voice, one that helped define the music of her generation.
Behind the Story: Mailee Osten-Tan on Reporting on Gender Confirmation Surgery in Thailand By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Feature
Curator Spotlight: Robert Sanchez on Highlighting Notable Storytelling from City Magazines Across the U.S. By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Feature
Dreaming of Water with Tiger Salamanders By Sam Keck Scott Feature “There is no more urgent form of communication than going extinct.”
The Ticking Clock of an Avalanche Rescue By Carolyn Wells Highlight “He watched as gravity took hold of the dislodged snow, sending it down the hill. The enormous white wall was sliding in his direction.”
Nine Longreads Stories Recognized Across This Year’s ‘Best American’ and ‘Year’s Best’ Series By Longreads Highlight
“I Had to Face the Blues Every Day” By David Gambacorta Feature Soul and gospel singer Candi Staton let no hardship stand in the way of her voice, one that helped define the music of her generation.