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A Dying Art
about 3 hours ago
People are choosing cremation far more often these days. Open-casket funerals are...
Beckett the Prophet
about 4 hours ago
The peg for Robert Zaretsky’s essay on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot...
The Children Who Loved a Killer
about 9 hours ago
When Steven Judy was executed for rape and murder in 1981, he...
How Reporting Creates Change: A Conversation with Pamela Colloff
about 10 hours ago
Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal...
Beyond Greece and Rome
about 24 hours ago
When we think of the ancient world, Greece and Rome usually come...
Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’
1 day ago
I have a vague eighth-grade memory of trying to run 400 meters...
The Anti-Sunscreen Movement Is Coming for You
1 day ago
For Men’s Health, Brian Underwood investigates the flood of sunscreen misinformation on...
A Strange Continent
2 days ago
Ben Markovits, an Austin-raised writer long settled in London, returns home with...
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring s.e. smith
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Curation is the heart of what we do at Longreads, and for...
The Rise of the Corporate Rave
2 days ago
As someone who came of age in the Bay Area warehouse scene...
The Bone Rush
2 days ago
Dinosaur skeletons are “coveted by the ultrarich,” Devon Pendleton writes, “not unlike...