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I Miss it All
By Devin Kelly Feature

Against the commodification of community.

Friends: We Need Your Help
to Fund More Stories

Longreads Best of 2020

A collection of our favorite stories from the past year
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Mormonism’s Sci-Fi Swan Song
By Andrew Kay Feature

Faith and cosplay at the Hill Cumorah Pageant.

The State of Waiting
By Caitlin Dwyer Feature

Separated by war, boundaries, and immigration policies they cannot control, one young Yemeni couple refuses to give up on love.

Queens of Infamy: Boudicca
By Anne Thériault Feature

If you underestimate a woman determined to avenge violence against her daughters, prepare yourself to get sacked. On repeat.

Latest Picks

‘What’s Covid?’ Why People at America’s Hardest-Partying Lake Are Not About to Get Vaccinated
By Natasha Koreki  / Politico
My Brother’s Dinner With The President Of Sears
By Marc Inman  / The Sun Magazine
Survivor
By Roberta Hill  / Toronto Life
The Ballad of the Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
By Kaleb Horton  / Vox
The Jessica Simulation: Love and Loss in the Age of A.I.
By Jason Fagone  / San Francisco Chronicle
The Untold Stories of Wes Studi
By Tommy Orange  / GQ
The Day the Good Internet Died
By Katie Baker  / The Ringer
A Personal History of the C-Section
By Leslie Jamison  / The New York Times
The Scream
By Mohammad Ali  / The Baffler
Conjuring Love: A Conversation with Kiese Laymon
By Jane Ratcliffe  / LA Review of Books
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Latest Posts

Sniffing Out Love
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

“Instead of swiping, the strategy is wiping: namely, one’s perspiration onto a cotton pad.”

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Wright Thompson, Fred Kaplan, Tori Marlan, Casey Gerald, and Sarah Everts.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Sam Biddle, Leah Sottile, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Megan I. Gannon, and Justin Brake.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jill McCabe Johnson, Stacey Anderson, Megan Pillow, Barry Blanchard, and Elizabeth Rush.

A Bike Race, Family, and Loss
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

“We took turns sitting beside my dad and holding his hand. On the TV in the living room, the Tour raced.”

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lyle C. May, Samuel Braslow, Lindsey Hilsum, Megan Mayhew Bergman, and Anand Menon.

Road Grad
By Jill Talbot Feature

Jill Talbot on secret messages between mother and daughter.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jessica Schulberg, Patrick Strickland, Shanna B. Tiayon, Sarah Berns, and Madeleine Aggeler.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen, and Paul Kiel, Arno Kopecky, Isaac WĂŒrmann, Vanessa AngĂ©lica Villarreal, and Laura Spinney.

Nelly the Elephant Packed Her Trunk … and Went on the Run
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

Campaigners want circus elephants placed in specially built sanctuaries. But their owners insist being separated from their human “families” would be traumatic.

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Popular Posts

Mormonism’s Sci-Fi Swan Song
By Andrew Kay Feature

Faith and cosplay at the Hill Cumorah Pageant.

The God Phone
By Leora Smith Feature

What happens when ordinary people play God to strangers? Leora Smith explores the history of one of the oldest art installations at Burning Man and the conversations that unfold there.

I Miss it All
By Devin Kelly Feature

Against the commodification of community.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jill McCabe Johnson, Stacey Anderson, Megan Pillow, Barry Blanchard, and Elizabeth Rush.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Wright Thompson, Fred Kaplan, Tori Marlan, Casey Gerald, and Sarah Everts.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Sam Biddle, Leah Sottile, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Megan I. Gannon, and Justin Brake.

Books

Even the Steam Had a Shadow
By Longreads Feature

“He couldn’t remember coming here, or going anywhere. He looked down at himself. With a writhe of horror, he found he couldn’t even remember getting dressed. His clothes were unfamiliar.”

Happy is a Relative State
By Longreads Feature

“The rest of my life will always be entwined with rheumatoid arthritis. But it’s my choice to also be something more, to not feel sick, to still find those shadows of a dancer, which is to say tiny flecks of magic, within me.”

Judge a Book Not By its Gender
By lisawhill Feature

Lisa Whittington-Hill suggests there’s a distinct gender bias in celebrity memoirs. Where female celebrities are expected to expose all, male writers get to write about whatever they want.

‘The Fledglings Are Out!’
By Longreads Feature

“Peering in, I see that last week’s eggs are now chicks. Tiny bright-yellow beaks, mouths opening and closing silently. This is the magic.”

‘Can You Imagine How That Felt?’: Blake Bailey’s Predations, As Told By His Students
By Seyward Darby Highlight

The inside story of author Blake Bailey’s grooming of middle-school girls.

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Current Events

What Happened to Milad? A Palestinian Father Searches for His Son.
By Seyward Darby Highlight

One man’s quest to find his son lays bare the reality of Palestinian life under Israeli rule.

‘Can You Imagine How That Felt?’: Blake Bailey’s Predations, As Told By His Students
By Seyward Darby Highlight

The inside story of author Blake Bailey’s grooming of middle-school girls.

The Syrian Rebels Who Found Refuge in Books
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

In a town under siege from Assad’s regime, a small group built a library from books rescued from the rubble.

“People are dying waiting”
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“Miguel Jr. and Jeannette are troubled that Miguel’s doctors didn’t present ECMO as an option, and then resisted the idea when the family suggested it.”

The Silencing of #MeToo Reporting in Germany
By Seyward Darby Highlight

How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.

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Essays & Criticism

I Miss it All
By Devin Kelly Feature

Against the commodification of community.

Road Grad
By Jill Talbot Feature

Jill Talbot on secret messages between mother and daughter.

The State of Waiting
By Caitlin Dwyer Feature

Separated by war, boundaries, and immigration policies they cannot control, one young Yemeni couple refuses to give up on love.

The State We Are In: Neither Here, There, nor in Heaven
By Madhushree Ghosh Feature

On vaccine privilege in America and COVID-19 inequities in India.

You Robbie, You Baka
By Brian Trapp Feature

On having a twin with cerebral palsy and navigating school bullies.

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