Wearing All the Hats: 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 Seyward Darby about “Fault Lines,” her Atavist writing debut. Friends: We Need Your Help to Fund More Stories
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Reading Doesn’t Have to Mean Keeping Your Books Forever By Peter Rubin Highlight “The paradox of the library in our time is that it aspires to be vast but is also selective and bounded – a tiny droplet of material in a seemingly limitless sea of content.”
‘We Deserve So Much More Than Police, Prisons, and Jails’: Scalawag Takes On Emmy-Winning Television By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight 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 Eric Borsuk, Aaron Gell, Laurie Penny, Hanif Abdurraqib, and Will Rees.
Which Way to Westeros? By Carolyn Wells Highlight With a plethora of fantasy appearing on streaming services, we take a look back at Adrian Daub’s essay on world-building maps.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, our editors recommend stories by Seth Harp, Alanna Mitchell, Cezary Podkul, Alex Vuocolo, and Loren Grush.
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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.
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 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 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 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.
‘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 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.
Here at the End of All Things By Adrian Daub Feature On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.
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.
Life on Screen: A Reality Television Reading List By Elizabeth Blackwell Feature Reality TV: Guilty pleasure or public service?
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.
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