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Photo of a long carpeted hallway with handrails along each wall. At the end, a sunset.

The Sunset

by Lisa Bubert November 30, 2022November 29, 2022

Lisa Bubert | Longreads | November 30, 2022 | 11 minutes (3,072 words) When I was 19, a nursing home hired me to work as an aide. There wasn’t much to the interview that I remember, other than I agreed to come to work on time and take the certification course the home provided. In […]

An empty chair sits in front of a typewriter and small desk in a desolate wood room with a view.

Odd, Genius, or Something In Between: A Reading List on Writers

by Lisa Bubert August 16, 2022October 20, 2022

“Give me the weird tics, the turns of phrase, the strange beginnings. Give me the writer in their natural habitat.”

Stairs set into a mountain trail, leading into the mist

Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries

by Lisa Bubert June 15, 2022October 19, 2022

Tales of odd phenomena stoke our imagination even as they tease us.

Woman hiding under the blanket, chatting and surfing the internet with smart phone at late night on bed.

Becoming Human Again: A Reading List for the Extremely Offline

by Lisa Bubert March 9, 2022October 19, 2022

Think it’s time to get off social media? Then this is the reading list for you.