Read 20 Short Stories From Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Alice Munro (RIP) Free OnlineNote: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature, we published a post featuring 20 short stories written by Munro.
Five Types of Trees You Can Safely Plant Close to Your HouseIf you would like to plant a tree in your yard but you’re not sure that you have the space because you've heard it's a bad idea to plant a tree too close to your house, you’re in luck.
Why Do People Hate People?Biases against certain groups of people can escalate into acts of violence if left unchecked.
What I’ve Learned From My Students’ College EssaysMost high school seniors approach the college essay with dread. Either their upbringing hasn’t supplied them with several hundred words of adversity, or worse, they’re afraid that packaging the genuine trauma they’ve experienced is the only way to secure their future.
Three Strings: Past, Present, and FutureThis story was funded by our members. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers. Sometimes the past comes up in unexpected ways, like roots turning up the sidewalk, refusing to stay flat beneath the concrete.
Why children with disabilities are missing school and losing skillsOn a recent school day in Del Norte County, Calif., in one of the state's northernmost school districts, 17-year-old Emma Lenover sits at home on the couch. In some ways, Emma is a typical teen. She loves Disneyland and dance class.
Trump Inadvertently Said Something Honest About AbortionThis is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become.
The 24 Best Book Club Books for Your Next Group ReadWe may earn a commission if you buy something from any affiliate links on our site. There are competing theories about how to pick the best book club book. When I nobly started a book club in my early 20s, I had grand ambitions of filling in the holes in my undergrad education.
Reading Has Hurt Me for Years. With a Tablet Holder, It Doesn’tI blame my right hand’s cyst on my intense Animal Crossing addiction from spring 2020. Too many days were spent lying around with my Nintendo Switch Lite without considering the unfortunate wrist angle I favored at the time, much like my disregard for how loud my headphones were in my teens.
Biden’s Public Ultimatum to BibiIt took seven months almost to the day, but Joe Biden appears to have, finally, reached a public moment of reckoning over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.
Books for a better world: as chosen by Lenny Henry, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Andrew O’Hagan and othersI read this in my 40s and I wished I’d been able to borrow it from Dudley Library when I was a kid. Nothing I’ve read before or since has better put me in someone else’s shoes. It’s one of those books that expands your understanding of the world.
Lessons From a Mass Shooter’s Motheralong the coastal 101 in brilliant blue, the bright May sky beginning to soften toward sunset. Chin Rodger felt a lift of optimism as she exited the freeway and arrived at a sushi restaurant tucked away in the tony town of Montecito, where she greeted her 22-year-old son, Elliot. He looked well.
How today’s antiwar protests stack up against major student movements in historyCampus protests for Gaza may be the biggest of the 21st century.
‘Shōgun’ Exits Not With a Bang But a Whisper — and a Place in TV HistoryThis post contains spoilers for the finale of Shōgun. Many years ago, when I first finished reading James Clavell’s historical epic Shōgun, I felt slightly puzzled.
70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn’tWASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional. On paper, that decision — the fabled Brown v. Board of Education, taught in most every American classroom — still stands.