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What’s Love Got to Do With It?
By Alice Driver Feature

“Although the world has made space for more diverse women, we are still expected to fill the role of the one who wants to be loved, to be a mother when perhaps we only ever wanted to paint, to write, to explore the world alone, on our own terms.”

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The Proving Grounds: Charley Crockett and the Story of Deep Ellum
By Jonny Auping Feature

Generations of musicians got their start busking the streets of the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. After a decade of ‘hobo-ing’ around cities like New Orleans, Paris, and New York, Charley Crockett discovered it was his turn.

Marmalade: A Very British Obsession
By Olivia Potts Feature

Captain Scott took jars to the Antarctic with him, and Edmund Hillary took one up Everest. Marmalade is part of the British national myth. Livvy Potts wants to know why.

The Endgame of the Olympics
By Dvora Meyers Feature

What if the Olympic Games never come back?

Latest Picks

Sharing Food, Building Resilience
By Lauren Kaljur  / Hakai Magazine
For Domestic Workers, Apps Provide Solace — But Not Justice
By Aurora Almendral  / Rest of World
TikTok and the Evolution of Digital Blackface
By Jason Parham  / Wired
Simone Biles Would Like to Thank Herself
By Dvora Meyers  / Vice Magazine
How the Pandemic Defeated America
By Ed Yong  / The Atlantic
Do You Hear the People Sing?
By Lauren Hilgers  / The Atavist
The Climate Crisis Has Sparked a Siberian Mammoth Tusk Gold Rush
By Sabrina Weiss  / Wired UK
The Worst-Case Scenario
By Hannah Dreier  / The Washington Post
I Reject the Imaginary White Man Judging My Work
By Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts  / Electric Literature
Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis
By Barack Obama  / The Atlantic
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Latest Posts

Notes for a Post-apocalyptic Novel
By Frederick Reimers Feature

When things get hard, we look to our most fundamental relationships. This is the story of a son, a father, a camper van, a pandemic, and the ties that bind.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Barack Obama, Andrea Pitzer, Hannah Dreier, Ismail Muhammad, Niela Orr, Hanif Abdurraqib, Danielle A. Jackson, and Cassie Owens, and Karolina Waclawiak.

‘The Sea and Sky Decide What They Will Allow’
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“I’m working on a book about Arctic explorers, and that means swimming in a sea of sorrow.”

Cryin’, Dyin’, or Goin’ Somewhere: A Country Music Reading List
By Aaron Gilbreath Reading List

Although the sound of the music has changed, country’s themes have endured.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Abrahm Lustgarten, Michele Harper, Laura Paskus, Samiya Bashir, and Raven Leilani.

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Until I Have Your Money
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

How multiple Canadian women entered a relationship with a man who was scamming them for money.

‘I Mostly Feel Like My Voice Matters’: A Portland Journalist on Protests, Police Violence, and Enduring Trauma
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

A reporter covering the protests in Portland reflects on fear and trauma, police violence, and her voice as a journalist.

‘Their Bodies Are Not Considered Their Own’: White Privilege in the Emergency Room
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

It’s against the law to examine someone without their consent — but one ER doctor’s colleagues do it anyway.

A Genre of Myths: A Jazz Reading List
By Aaron Gilbreath Reading List

Created in New Orleans and played around the world, the music we call jazz is filled with genius, legend, and tragedy.

When Boomers Must Zoom
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

“A friend who teaches at another university tells me that a new Yiddish word has been invented: oysgezoomt, ‘over-exposed to Zoom,’ as in ‘Ich bin azoy oysgezoomt!’ (‘I’m so done with Zoom!’)”

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Popular Posts

Marmalade: A Very British Obsession
By Olivia Potts Feature

Captain Scott took jars to the Antarctic with him, and Edmund Hillary took one up Everest. Marmalade is part of the British national myth. Livvy Potts wants to know why.

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Lockets
By Katy Kelleher Feature

Lockets simultaneously display and hide. But does squirreling our love and grief away in a piece of jewelry keep the memories and emotions present for us, or minimize them?

The Endgame of the Olympics
By Dvora Meyers Feature

What if the Olympic Games never come back?

Faster Than the Speed of Sound: An Interview with Holly Maniatty
By Cody Delistraty Feature

American Sign Language interpreter Holly Maniatty uses every molecule in her body and the beautiful nuances of ASL to interpret musical performances for Deaf concert patrons.

No, I Will Not Debate You
By Laurie Penny Feature

Civility will never defeat fascism, no matter what The Economist thinks.

Tea, Biscuits, and Empire: The Long Con of Britishness
By Laurie Penny Feature

The soft-focus Britain of Downton Abbey bears little resemblance to the real Britain collapsing under the weight of racism, austerity, and COVID-19. As Brexit plods on, it’s time for an honest reckoning of the history and future of this outsize little island.

Books

‘The Sea and Sky Decide What They Will Allow’
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“I’m working on a book about Arctic explorers, and that means swimming in a sea of sorrow.”

The Grieving Landscape
By Longreads Feature

Upon discovering that her mother had been a member of the group Women Strike For Peace (WSP), Heidi Hutner becomes obsessed with feminist nuclear history.

This Week in Books: Farewell Longreads! I’m Taking This Rodeo to Substack.
By Dana Snitzky Commentary

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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

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Current Events

The Endgame of the Olympics
By Dvora Meyers Feature

What if the Olympic Games never come back?

Notes for a Post-apocalyptic Novel
By Frederick Reimers Feature

When things get hard, we look to our most fundamental relationships. This is the story of a son, a father, a camper van, a pandemic, and the ties that bind.

‘I Mostly Feel Like My Voice Matters’: A Portland Journalist on Protests, Police Violence, and Enduring Trauma
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

A reporter covering the protests in Portland reflects on fear and trauma, police violence, and her voice as a journalist.

‘Who’s Going to Take Care of Me?’: When the Coronavirus Takes Both Parents
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

In the wake of their parents’ deaths, three siblings struggle to get through the day-to-day.

The Promised Land
By Alice Driver Feature

A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.

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Essays & Criticism

What’s Love Got to Do With It?
By Alice Driver Feature

“Although the world has made space for more diverse women, we are still expected to fill the role of the one who wants to be loved, to be a mother when perhaps we only ever wanted to paint, to write, to explore the world alone, on our own terms.”

‘The Sea and Sky Decide What They Will Allow’
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“I’m working on a book about Arctic explorers, and that means swimming in a sea of sorrow.”

Marmalade: A Very British Obsession
By Olivia Potts Feature

Captain Scott took jars to the Antarctic with him, and Edmund Hillary took one up Everest. Marmalade is part of the British national myth. Livvy Potts wants to know why.

In Absentia
By matthewembremner Feature

A meditation on the nature of grief, at a time when the whole world seems to be grieving.

‘You Could Literally See Our Shit From Space’: The Broken Bowels of Beirut
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

Beirut’s disintegrating sewage system and corrupt politics have put its residents in a shitty situation.

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