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Jesus Land: Our Longreads Member Pick
Julia Scheeres | Jesus Land | 2012 | 21 minutes (5,152 words) Download as a .mobi ebook (Kindle) Download as an .epub ebook (iBooks) * * * For this week’s Longreads Member Pick, we’re excited to share...
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The House of Mondavi: How an American Wine Empire Was Born
Julia Flynn Siler | The House of Mondavi | 2007 | 14 minutes (3,328 words) For our latest Longreads Member Pick, we’re excited to feature an excerpt from The House of Mondavi, Julia Flynn Siler’s book...
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The Story of H.M.: The Amnesiac Who Profoundly Changed the Way We Think About...
Sam Kean | The Tale of Dueling Neurosurgeons | 2014 | 12 minutes (3,008 words) For this week’s Longreads Member Pick, we’re excited to share a story from The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, a new...
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Why Do So Many People Pretend to Be Native American?
Russell Cobb | This Land Press | August 2014 | 16 minutes (3,976 words) This Land PressFor this week’s Longreads Member Pick, we are thrilled to share a brand new essay from Oklahoma’s This Land Press,...
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Call It Rape
Margot Singer | The Normal School | 2012 | 23 minutes (5,683 words) The Normal SchoolThanks to Margot Singer and The Normal School for sharing this story with the Longreads community.Subscribe to The...
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Falling: Love and Marriage in a Conservative Indian Family
Debie Thomas | River Teeth | Summer 2013 | 17 minutes (4,194 words) River TeethFor this week’s Longreads Member Pick, we are thrilled to share an essay from Ashland, Ohio’s narrative nonfiction journal...
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Where the Spirit Meets the Bone: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams, with Benjamin Hedin | Radio Silence | March 2014 | 11 minutes (2,690 words) Radio SilenceFor this week’s Longreads Member Pick, we are thrilled to share a first-time-ever memoir by...
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‘Mango, Mango!’ A Family, a Fruit Stand, and Survival on $4.50 a Day
Douglas Haynes | Orion | Summer 2014 | 22 minutes (5,391 words) OrionThis Longreads Exclusive comes from the latest issue of Orion magazine—subscribe to the magazine or donate for more great stories...
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Longreads Member Pick Named Finalist for Pen Center USA 2014 Literary Awards
We are very excited to announce that Jessica Wilbanks’ essay “On The Far Side of the Fire” has been named as a finalist for the Pen Center USA 2014 Literary Awards. Wilbanks’ essay was honored in Pen...
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How to Spell the Rebel Yell
Elena Passarello | The Normal School | 2010 | 14 minutes (3,470 words) The Normal SchoolOur latest Longreads Member Pick is a deep dive into the sounds of history, from Elena Passarello and The Normal...
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