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Queens of Infamy: Lucrezia Borgia
By Anne Thériault Feature

History may have pigeonholed her as Renaissance Italy’s most notorious seductress, but it’s high time we give the Duchess of Ferrara a closer look.

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Longreads Best of 2019

A collection of our favorite stories from last year
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The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People
By Rachel Nuwer Feature

A headline-grabbing murder-for-hire plot helped expose the dark side of exotic animal ownership in the U.S. Is there now enough momentum to reform the industry?

The Power and Business of Hip-Hop: A Reading List on an American Art Form
By Aaron Gilbreath Feature

Stories of hip-hop’s genius, influence, struggle, and endurance.

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
By Longreads Weekly Top 5

This week, we’re sharing stories from Wesley Lowery, Sarah Bellamy, Shawn Yuan, Elamin Abdelmahmoud, and Gabrielle Bellot.

Latest Picks

‘It’s Bullshit’: Inside the Weird, Get-Rich-Quick World of Dropshipping
By Sirin Kale  / Wired UK
This Is Not a Test
By Barrett Swanson  / Harper’s Magazine
“Somebody’s Gotta Help Me”
By Lucas Waldron , Nadia Sussman , Thalia Beaty , Ryan Gabrielson  / ProPublica
Breaking the ‘London Restaurant Industry’ Monopoly on the Old Kent Road
By Jonathan Nunn  / Eater London
The Case of the Stolen Ruby Slippers
By Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson  / The Washington Post Magazine
The Pariah Ship
By K. Oanh Ha , Michael Smith , Drake Bennett  / Bloomberg Businessweek
The Trayvon Generation
By Elizabeth Alexander  / The New Yorker
We Can Protect the Economy From Pandemics. Why Didn’t We?
By Evan Ratliff  / Wired
The Prophecies of Q
By Adrienne LaFrance  / The Atlantic
TERF Wars: Why Transphobia Has No Place in Feminism
By Laurie Penny  / Medium
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Latest Posts

Godspeed Your Journey to the Great PlayPlace In the Sky
By Michelle Weber Highlight

“Once the love-language of a brand to its audience, the place of a modern mascot has never been less sure-footed.”

If You Love the Music of the Carter Family, Thank Leslie Riddle
By Michelle Weber Highlight

“First, you exclude black people from the festivals. Then write them out by not recording them. And pretty soon, ‘you have this manufactured image of country music being white and being poor.'”

Palliative Brownies
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“I grew up in the grip of the epidemic, maturing as people I adored as surrogate aunties and uncles fell ill and vanished from our lives.”

This Week in Books: We’ve All Been Briefed
By Dana Snitzky Commentary

“They have washed their hands for you. / And they take the bus home.” -Jericho Brown

Hearing Voices
By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight

Even after he quit smoking marijuana, one young college student couldn’t escape the auditory hallucinations that he’d first experienced during heavy use.

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Four Stories from Wuhan
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“From the moment my mother died, I haven’t stopped thinking about how I could have saved her.”

COVID-19 and the Fight for Justice
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“And yet, even though this health crisis reflects our nation’s political, social, and civic infrastructure, this plague has no consideration for morality. “

Rout the Racism From Your Very Bones
By Michelle Weber Highlight

“What are you carrying dormant in your body that springs up when confronted with Black joy, Black power, Black brilliance, Black Blackness in the world?”

This Week in Books: Pain and Power
By Dana Snitzky Commentary

“And it will hurt, but we won’t be the ones doing all of the feeling, finally.” -Harmony Holiday

The PTSD of Everyday Life
By Michelle Weber Highlight

The mental and physical toll of life in a white supremacist state is unavoidable for BIPOC, even if it manifests differently for different people.

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Popular Posts

Queens of Infamy: Lucrezia Borgia
By Anne Thériault Feature

History may have pigeonholed her as Renaissance Italy’s most notorious seductress, but it’s high time we give the Duchess of Ferrara a closer look.

Looter to Who? James Baldwin on Racism in America
By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight

In 1968, essayist, novelist and activist James Baldwin spoke with Esquire about racism in America, Dr. Martin Luther King, poverty and police brutality. In our current era of high profile police violence in communities like Ferguson, Missouri, and protests in Baltimore, Maryland, Baldwin’s words sound as prescient and, unfortunately, fresh as they did forty-seven years […]

How Four Americans Robbed the Bank of England
By Paul Brown Feature

In Victorian London, a gang of U.S. hustlers attempts a ten-million-dollar heist on the safest bank in the world. Can the detective who inspired Sherlock Holmes catch them?

Instacart: Shop ‘Til You Drop
By Krista Stevens Highlight

‘“People are disposable to them,” Rachel says. “They don’t care.”’

The NHL’s Lacrosse Takeover
By Sam Riches Feature

How two kids from London, Ontario birthed the most unique goal in hockey’s history.

Snapshot of Canada: An Accidental Reading List
By Aaron Gilbreath Feature

An incomplete portrait of a nation emerges from a stash of old print magazines.

Books

Palliative Brownies
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“I grew up in the grip of the epidemic, maturing as people I adored as surrogate aunties and uncles fell ill and vanished from our lives.”

This Week in Books: We’ve All Been Briefed
By Dana Snitzky Commentary

“They have washed their hands for you. / And they take the bus home.” -Jericho Brown

This Week in Books: Pain and Power
By Dana Snitzky Commentary

“And it will hurt, but we won’t be the ones doing all of the feeling, finally.” -Harmony Holiday

Your Wilderness Is Not Permanent
By Longreads Feature

At an uncertain time in her life, Sejal Shah does Burning Man her own way.

This Week in Books: Bullets and Gas
By Dana Snitzky Commentary

What a country.

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Current Events

COVID-19 and the Fight for Justice
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“And yet, even though this health crisis reflects our nation’s political, social, and civic infrastructure, this plague has no consideration for morality. “

Rout the Racism From Your Very Bones
By Michelle Weber Highlight

“What are you carrying dormant in your body that springs up when confronted with Black joy, Black power, Black brilliance, Black Blackness in the world?”

So Much More Than Enough
By Soraya Roberts Feature

My favorite director, Lynn Shelton, died suddenly this month at the age of 54. Did the spirit of indie filmmaking go with her?

On the Hotness of Not Getting Any
By Soraya Roberts Feature

Edging, or extending the time leading up to an orgasm, is almost a character of its own in Normal People, Run, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. It also has a lot to teach us about sexuality and consent.

What Do We Do Without Live Music?
By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight

Those of us who live for musical performances must find other ways to temporarily live without them.

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Essays & Criticism

Godspeed Your Journey to the Great PlayPlace In the Sky
By Michelle Weber Highlight

“Once the love-language of a brand to its audience, the place of a modern mascot has never been less sure-footed.”

Rout the Racism From Your Very Bones
By Michelle Weber Highlight

“What are you carrying dormant in your body that springs up when confronted with Black joy, Black power, Black brilliance, Black Blackness in the world?”

Trading Spaces
By Cheryl Jarvis Feature

Ditching the Midwest for Southern California on the heels of a crushing divorce, the last thing Cheryl Jarvis wants is her 26-year old son for a roomie.

What Didn’t Kill Her
By Bernice L. McFadden Feature

Bernice L. McFadden ruminates on all the things her mother has endured only to find herself spending her golden years in the midst of a deadly plague and state-sanctioned racism.

Your Wilderness Is Not Permanent
By Longreads Feature

At an uncertain time in her life, Sejal Shah does Burning Man her own way.

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