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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 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 Würmann, Vanessa Angélica 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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Zoom Towns — Where Tourists Never Leave By Carolyn Wells Highlight “There’s another population of people who came and never left: those freed by COVID from cubicles and work commutes.”
‘Every Single Person Migrating Has a Story’: Caitlin Dwyer on the Emotional Underlayers of Family Separation By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Feature The writer describes her process of reporting and shaping her recent essay, “The State of Waiting,” which explores love in the shadow of war and immigration policy.
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.”
‘The City Just Lied’: Remembering the 1921 Tulsa Massacre By Seyward Darby Highlight One hundred years later, journalists look back on the massacre of “Black Wall Street.”
The Lies Told to Speak to a Princess By Carolyn Wells Highlight The full story behind the scoop to interview Princess Diana has remained hidden for a quarter of a century — until now.
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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.”
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.”
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.
Somewhere Under My Left Ribs: A Nurse’s Story By Longreads Feature The landscape of operating theaters must be terrifying for patients, but it’s becoming normal for me. It’s amazing what you can get used to.
‘What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?’ By Longreads Feature In Scott Kimball, the FBI thought it had found a high-value informant who could help solve big cases. What it got instead was lies, betrayal, and murder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
