Karina Longworth on the Women Caught in Howard Hughes’ Hollywood Web of Gossip By Rae Nudson Feature Howard Hughes used gossip, spies and money to control Hollywood’s women for nearly 60 years. Karina Longworth critically examines the Golden Age’s gossip to stop his false narratives from becoming our history. Friends: We Need Your Help to Fund More Stories
Falling for My Booty Call By Sarah Kasbeer Feature Sarah Kasbeer reflects on a history of hookups — and why they left her cold.
Stan Lee: 1922-2018 By Mike Dang Highlight Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer, editor, and publisher of Marvel comics, has died at the age of 95.
When You Carry All That You Love With You By Alice Driver Feature Alice Driver travels into the heart of the caravan.
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.”
Father of Disorder By Jessica Wilbanks Feature One woman finds insight into her father’s rage in the scientific concept of entropy.
RomCon: Our Failure to See Black Romantic Comedies By Soraya Roberts Feature Despite the growing popularity of black romcoms, they remain segregated in public perception due to cultural white-washing.
The Post on Anti-Semitism I Never Thought I’d Write By Sari Botton Highlight Like many non-religious Jews of my generation, I naively assumed Nazism could never rise — and hurt us — again.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Peter DeMarco, Tiffany Kary and Christopher Cannon, Rebecca Solnit, Will Bostwick, and Rosecrans Baldwin.
Partners in Crime: The Life, Loves & Nuyorican Noir of Jerry Rodriguez By Michael Gonzales Feature Michael Gonzales remembers a real friendship and the makings of a brutal crime novel.
When Richard Nixon Declared War on the Media By Matt Giles Commentary Jim Acosta isn’t the first reporter to be barred from the White House—when Stuart Loory reported on the possibility that Richard Nixon was bilking taxpayers, he found himself on the president’s enemies list.
The Man Who Would Be King By Krista Stevens Commentary At nearly age 70, Charles is the “longest-waiting heir apparent in history.”
Thank You for Making the 2018 Member Drive a Success By Mike Dang Commentary Thanks to the incredible generosity of our readers, we received $30,391 in contributions and membership subscriptions.
Working to Preserve Traditional Gospel Music By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight With approximately 75 percent of golden age gospel music lost, the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project is trying to save what’s left.
Living with Dolly Parton By Jessica Wilkerson Feature Asking difficult questions often comes at a cost.
The Masterless People: Pirates, Maroons, and the Struggle to Live Free By Longreads Feature In the “bizarre and horrifying world” of the early modern Caribbean, maroons and pirates both prized their freedom above all else. And sometimes they worked together to safeguard it.
The Secrets We Keep By Deena ElGenaidi Feature Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.
The Strongest Woman in the Room By Kitty Sheehan Feature A daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes.
The State of the Bookstore Union By Rebecca McCarthy Feature The Strand, New York City’s largest independent bookstore, is owned by a millionaire — and the booksellers who work there are all broke.
West Across the Sea By Sam Riches Feature Tryggvi Hlinason is a sheep farmer at the center of a new generation of Icelandic basketball talent. He’s trying to do something that only one other Icelander has done before — play in the NBA.
Karina Longworth on the Women Caught in Howard Hughes’ Hollywood Web of Gossip By Rae Nudson Feature Howard Hughes used gossip, spies and money to control Hollywood’s women for nearly 60 years. Karina Longworth critically examines the Golden Age’s gossip to stop his false narratives from becoming our history.
Father of Disorder By Jessica Wilbanks Feature One woman finds insight into her father’s rage in the scientific concept of entropy.
Partners in Crime: The Life, Loves & Nuyorican Noir of Jerry Rodriguez By Michael Gonzales Feature Michael Gonzales remembers a real friendship and the makings of a brutal crime novel.
George Washington Lived in an Indian World, But His Biographies Have Erased Native People By Longreads Feature Telling Washington’s story without erasing the people and lands that preoccupied him leads to important new questions; like, just how consequential for American history was the first president’s addiction to land speculation?
Celebrating a Profound Literary Inheritance: Glory Edim on the Well-Read Black Girl Anthology By Joshunda Sanders Feature Glory Edim talks about editing her new anthology, the push for equity in publishing, and how black women writers have written themselves into spaces that neglect or ignore them.
Stan Lee: 1922-2018 By Mike Dang Highlight Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer, editor, and publisher of Marvel comics, has died at the age of 95.
When You Carry All That You Love With You By Alice Driver Feature Alice Driver travels into the heart of the caravan.
Elena Ferrante and the “My Brilliant Friend” Adaptation for HBO By Danielle Jackson Highlight Merve Emre interviews Elena Ferrante about an upcoming HBO adaptation of her novel, “My Brilliant Friend.”
Remembering Ntozake Shange By Danielle Jackson Commentary The poet, novelist, and playwright Ntozake Shange died Saturday, October 27.
Let’s Talk About Sex Scenes By Soraya Roberts Feature Countless women have been mistreated ever since sex became common on our screens. Hollywood’s newfound awareness of intimacy choreography can help change things.
Falling for My Booty Call By Sarah Kasbeer Feature Sarah Kasbeer reflects on a history of hookups — and why they left her cold.
Partners in Crime: The Life, Loves & Nuyorican Noir of Jerry Rodriguez By Michael Gonzales Feature Michael Gonzales remembers a real friendship and the makings of a brutal crime novel.
Paks 1918: A Pogrom and a Prelude By Howard Lovy Feature Howard Lovy retells his grandfather’s childhood accounts of anti-Jewish violence and blood libel in pre-Holocaust Hungary.
A Confederacy of (Dangerous) Dunces By Sari Botton Highlight Rebecca Solnit argues that the American Confederacy lives on, with Donald Trump at the helm.
The Resplendent Photography of Carrie Mae Weems By Danielle Jackson Highlight Carrie Mae Weems may be our best contemporary photographer.
