The Passing of a Monarch: A Reading List on Queen Elizabeth II By Alison Fishburn Feature A look at the remarkable life and complicated legacy of Queen Elizabeth II. Friends: We Need Your Help to Fund More Stories
Monsters, Mothers, Mulieres: A Reading List on The Women of Classical Antiquity By Rachel Ashcroft Feature Five stories of ambitious empresses, fearsome gladiators, and ordinary working-class residents — glimmering snapshots of the female experience in the classical world.
The Substance of Silence: A Reading List About Hermits By Chris Wheatley Feature Humans are social creatures, and loneliness can be debilitating — yet, many have discovered solace in the solitary life.
‘Stay Away From Miller’ By Longreads Feature A pioneering humanities program shaped a generation of students and brought acclaim to a public high school in Los Angeles. But beneath the excellence lurked a culture of abuse.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, our editors recommend stories by Michael Wilson, Joseph Bien-Kahn, Jason Anthony, AC Shelton, and Tom Breihan.
‘We Deserve So Much More Than Police, Prisons, and Jails’: Scalawag Takes On Emmy-Winning Television By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Feature We recommend these incisive essays on Abbott Elementary, The White Lotus, and The Dropout in Scalawag’s series on pop culture and justice.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, our editors recommend stories by Carla Ciccone, Lex Pryor, Bhavya Dore, Michelle Cyca, and Casey Lyons.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, our editors recommend stories by Yessenia Funes, Carl Elliott, Courtney Shea, Jillian Steinhauer, and Ed Simon.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, our editors recommend stories by Ryan Devereaux, Tess McNulty, Alyssa Harad, Leland Cecco, and Caitlin Giddings
The Excesses of Compassion: A Reading List on Fallen Gurus By Blair Glaser Feature Stories about spiritual teachers who lose their way.
Voices of Rebirth: A Reading List on Being Indigenous in America By Autumn Fourkiller Feature Our lives are so much more than you could possibly imagine.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, our editors recommend stories by Bushra Seddique, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Laura Mauldin, Kathryn Miles, and Lucas Mann.
The Skeleton, the Meat, and the Bones: A Chat With the Writer and Editor Behind The Atavist’s New Issue By Brendan O'Meara Feature In this excerpt from The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, host Brendan O’Meara talks to Jana Meisenholder about writing “King of the Hill.”
Odd, Genius, or Something In Between: A Reading List on Writers By Lisa Bubert Feature “Give me the weird tics, the turns of phrase, the strange beginnings. Give me the writer in their natural habitat.”
The Substance of Silence: A Reading List About Hermits By Chris Wheatley Feature Humans are social creatures, and loneliness can be debilitating — yet, many have discovered solace in the solitary life.
The Excesses of Compassion: A Reading List on Fallen Gurus By Blair Glaser Feature Stories about spiritual teachers who lose their way.
‘Stay Away From Miller’ By Longreads Feature A pioneering humanities program shaped a generation of students and brought acclaim to a public high school in Los Angeles. But beneath the excellence lurked a culture of abuse.
Voices of Rebirth: A Reading List on Being Indigenous in America By Autumn Fourkiller Feature Our lives are so much more than you could possibly imagine.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, our editors recommend stories by Ryan Devereaux, Tess McNulty, Alyssa Harad, Leland Cecco, and Caitlin Giddings
Odd, Genius, or Something In Between: A Reading List on Writers By Lisa Bubert Feature “Give me the weird tics, the turns of phrase, the strange beginnings. Give me the writer in their natural habitat.”