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‘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.”

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A collection of our favorite stories from the past year
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Lost Album, Human Highway
By David Gambacorta Feature

How CSNY fumbled a chance to record their best album.

An Atlas of the Cosmos
By Shannon Stirone Feature

We’ve mapped Mars, the Moon, the solar system, even our own galaxy. Which means there is only one thing left to understand in this symbolic way and that is the entirety of the cosmos.

Out There I Have to Smile
By Heather Lanier Feature

Heather Lanier explores the pressure to perform happiness.

Latest Picks

Inequality’s Deadly Toll
By Amy Maxmen  / Nature
Reporter’s Notebook: The Power of Proximity
By Ko Bragg  / Scalawag Magazine
My Mother’s Other World
By Brooke Mazurek  / Brooke Mazurek
‘As Borders Closed, I Became Trapped in my Americanness’: China, the US and Me
By Angela Qian  / The Guardian
‘The Mark of the Beast’: Georgian Britain’s Anti-Vaxxer Movement
By Erica X Eisen  / The Public Domain Review
Shark Attacks in Maine Were Unthinkable — Until Last Summer
By Kathryn Miles  / Down East
Two Assholes Lost in the Woods: An Oral History of ‘Pine Barrens’
By Alan Siegel  / The Ringer
Emily Ford Hiked 1,200 Miles in the Dead of Winter
By Grayson Haver Currin  / Outside
The Secrets of the World’s Greatest Jailbreak Artist
By Adam Leith Gollner  / GQ
Finding My Father Among the Astronauts
By Nicholas Schmidle  / GQ
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Latest Posts

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Arundhati Roy, Josh Levin, Susan Matthews, and Molly Olmstead, Alison Criscitiello, Grayson Haver Currin, and Alan Siegel.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Nicole Lewis, Omayra Issa and Ify Chiwetelu, Patricia McCormick, Tobias Buck, and ‘Cúagilákv.

All Flourishing Is Mutual
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

“My favorite moment came in the years when my ǧáǧṃ́p would nod to himself and make the official pronouncement: “It’s going to be a good year for salmon.” In that moment, we felt like little harbingers of hope.”

You Robbie, You Baka
By Brian Trapp Feature

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

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The Fracking Lottery
By Longreads Feature

“When I moved to Billtown, I worried most about whether fracking tainted groundwater. By the time I left the area, my biggest concern was whether the liberty granted to citizens to lease their land, or to otherwise act in ways that limits others’ access to environmental goods, taints democracy.”

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Breai Mason-Campbell, Simon J. Levien, Paola Capó-García, Emma Gilchrist, and Liam Boylan-Pett.

“We Can’t Rush This Kind of Power”: An Educator on Teaching Poetry to High Schoolers During the Pandemic
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

“Poetry has a way of forcing one into recognition, or transformation, or both if we’re lucky.”

‘The Price For Your Return to Normal Is My Life’: On Dismantling Layers of the Doll
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

“I have to wear all of these dolls, you see, so that Whiteness does not have to wear any.”

Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding and Masculinity in Pocahontas
By Jeanna Kadlec Feature

Pocahontas may seem like a strange vehicle for discussing our gay villains. But Disney gets inventive when they need to circumvent white people’s historical responsibility for genocidal atrocities — and queerness is a useful scapegoat.

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Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding and Masculinity in Pocahontas
By Jeanna Kadlec Feature

Pocahontas may seem like a strange vehicle for discussing our gay villains. But Disney gets inventive when they need to circumvent white people’s historical responsibility for genocidal atrocities — and queerness is a useful scapegoat.

Why Bumblebees Love Cats and Other Beautiful Relationships
By Longreads Feature

On the wonders and benefits of natural relationships and what happens when humans meddle with the delicate balance between species.

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Breai Mason-Campbell, Simon J. Levien, Paola Capó-García, Emma Gilchrist, and Liam Boylan-Pett.

You Robbie, You Baka
By Brian Trapp Feature

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

Switch at Birth — But How?
By Longreads Feature

Two women gave birth on the same day in a place called Come By Chance. Half a century later, their children made a shocking discovery.

The Fracking Lottery
By Longreads Feature

“When I moved to Billtown, I worried most about whether fracking tainted groundwater. By the time I left the area, my biggest concern was whether the liberty granted to citizens to lease their land, or to otherwise act in ways that limits others’ access to environmental goods, taints democracy.”

Books

‘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.

The Fracking Lottery
By Longreads Feature

“When I moved to Billtown, I worried most about whether fracking tainted groundwater. By the time I left the area, my biggest concern was whether the liberty granted to citizens to lease their land, or to otherwise act in ways that limits others’ access to environmental goods, taints democracy.”

When Refugee Families are Separated, Women Carry the Burden
By Longreads Feature

The story of a Somali family uprooted by war and separated by America’s broken refugee resettlement system — and the siblings who brought them back together.

Why Bumblebees Love Cats and Other Beautiful Relationships
By Longreads Feature

On the wonders and benefits of natural relationships and what happens when humans meddle with the delicate balance between species.

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Current Events

‘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.

What Happened to Cruise Ship Workers Once the Passengers Were Gone?
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, cruise companies “went to great lengths to repatriate vacationers.” But for crew members, it was a different story.

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Essays & Criticism

You Robbie, You Baka
By Brian Trapp Feature

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

‘The Price For Your Return to Normal Is My Life’: On Dismantling Layers of the Doll
By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

“I have to wear all of these dolls, you see, so that Whiteness does not have to wear any.”

Listen to the Sound of My Voice
By Seyward Darby Highlight

How a journalist found her voice as her mother lost hers.

Good Naked vs. Bad Naked
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“As marriages go, ours is an infant. Soft-skulled and milk-breathed. We’ve been married for two years, together for five.”

Pop Culture Portrays OCD as a Blessing. It’s Not.
By Krista Stevens Highlight

“The Wall Street Journal recently used the headline ‘We All Need OCD Now’ for an article on COVID-19 … Finally, my debilitating mental illness has a timely hook!”

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