longreads.comadded August 2026
Longreadsby Seyward Darby5h ago
In a remote part of Utah, the world’s largest data center project—allegedly—is being fast-tracked in secret. Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank fame was brought in to hype the 40,000-acre complex.
Longreadsby Cheri Lucas Rowlands23h ago
For Oakland Review of Books, Stephanie Uchino-Beach writes about getting laid off at an education tech company that transformed into an “AI-first outfit.” As as customer success manager, she acted...
Longreadsby Brendan Fitzgerald2d ago
A quarter-century ago, after a deadly terrorist attack raised fiery explosions from the World Trade Center buildings, the US Department of Homeland Security introduced a color-coded advisory...
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells2d ago
Steve Rose investigates a catastrophic pollution incident at Furnace Brook, a fishing lake in East Sussex, where thousands of fish suddenly died and the local ecosystem collapsed.
Longreadsby Longreads2d ago
Mark Johnson | The Atavist Magazine | September 2026 | 2,048 words (7 minutes) This is an excerpt from issue no. 180, “The Family Plan.” At first she told no one. Not her twin sister.
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells6d ago
Kate Manne, a philosophy professor at Cornell University, situates the lawsuit from a former student alleging she was gang-raped at the Chi Phi fraternity in 2024 within a broader, deeply troubling...
Longreadsby Brendan Fitzgerald6d ago
“Who wouldn’t decide to be their most expansive and radiant self?” Ah, but would you pursue that self through a sheet of tempered glass?
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells7d ago
In this tense, riveting first-person excerpt from his new book This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story, Evan Gershkovich recounts the harrowing months he spent as a prisoner in Russia, leading...
Longreadsby David Alm7d ago
Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and more—and more than 14,000 editor’s picks.
Longreadsby Seyward Darby8d ago
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
Longreadsby Brendan Fitzgerald9d ago
Not long after the death of his father, Derek Askey, a new father himself, is selected as an alternate juror for a murder trial.
Longreadsby Kanya Kanchana9d ago
Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and more—and more than 14,000 editor’s picks.
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells13d ago
Duncan is a longtime friend of Max Daly, and a drug addict caught up in “cuckooing,” where dealers take over people’s homes as drug bases in exchange for product.
Longreadsby Longreads14d ago
Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and more—and more than 14,000 editor’s picks.
Longreadsby Brendan Fitzgerald15d ago
A shattered grin, a wornout crown, a discolored incisor. How do our broken pieces define us? For The American Scholar, Joshua Bodwell offers a brief autobiography in dental work, examining the ways...
Longreadsby Seyward Darby15d ago
Just a few years ago, Jos Leijdekkers was a gangster in Antwerp, working for a major drug lord. Today he’s the most powerful man in Sierra Leone, which he’s single-handedly turned into a crucial...
Longreadsby Brendan Fitzgerald16d ago
Count the verbs in Alexander Chee’s essay, note the absence of emotional language, and then thank Annie Dillard for her part.
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells16d ago
I had never heard of the delightfully named Hudsonian godwit before this piece—yet, given their achievements, they deserve global fame.
Longreadsby Mark Blondin and Betsy Blondin16d ago
Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and more—and more than 14,000 editor’s picks.
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells20d ago
I’m not a fan of improv. I’ve even walked out of a class before—being told to pretend to give birth just wasn’t for me.
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