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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.

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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.

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.

Out There I Have to Smile
By Heather Lanier Feature

Heather Lanier explores the pressure to perform happiness.

Latest Picks

There I Almost Am
By Jean Garnett  / The Yale Review
My Bizarre Reign as New York’s King of “Virgin Russian Hair”
By Vijai Maheshwari  / Narratively
The Shot-in-the-Eye Squad
By Wil Sands  / Narratively
What My Korean Father Taught Me About Defending Myself in America
By Alexander Chee  / GQ
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
By Nathan Thrall  / New York Review of Books
Selfies, Surgeries And Self-Loathing: Inside The Facetune Epidemic
By Jesselyn Cook  / HuffPost
How Corporations Buy—and Sell—Food Made with Prison Labor
By H. Claire Brown  / The Counter
The Ugly War Over Bob Ross’s Ghost
By Alston Ramsay  / The Daily Beast
After the Violence in ‘Football City, USA’
By Kent Babb  / The Washington Post
Sinead O’Connor Remembers Things Differently
By Amanda Hess  / The New York Times
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Sentenced to Life At 16
By Longreads Feature

Adolfo Davis hoped a Supreme Court ruling would give him a chance at a new beginning. But nothing about freedom turned out as he expected.

Solving the Mystery of Dyatlov Pass
By Carolyn Wells Highlight

Has the 60-year-old mystery surrounding the deaths of ten skiers finally been solved?

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

This week, we’re sharing stories from Peter Beinart, Ko Bragg, Mathew Charles, Russell Worth Parker and Rachel Lance, and Egill Bjarnason.

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.

‘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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‘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.

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.”

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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.

Sentenced to Life At 16
By Longreads Feature

Adolfo Davis hoped a Supreme Court ruling would give him a chance at a new beginning. But nothing about freedom turned out as he expected.

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.

‘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 Arundhati Roy, Josh Levin, Susan Matthews, and Molly Olmstead, Alison Criscitiello, Grayson Haver Currin, and Alan Siegel.

Books

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.

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.

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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

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.

‘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.”

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