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“Maybe it’s only when you don’t know what you are listening for that you find what you were waiting all along to discover.”

by Diane Mehta

The Genocide the World Ignored

Ayder Comprehensive Medical Hospital was the second largest in Ethiopia and the jewel of the Tigrayan health system—and for two horrific years, it became a war zone.

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Weekly Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Recommending notable stories by Adlai Coleman, Dan McQuade, Ronald W. Dworkin, Rebecca Burns, and Devon O’Neil.

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Showcasing stories from Julia Webster Ayuso, Abe Beame, Tracy Thompson, Will Boast, and Gary Grimes.

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

This week we are featuring stories from Fletcher Reveley, Susan Freinkel, Nick Paumgarten, Dana Salvador, and Kathryn Hughes.

Editors’ Picks

My Friend Chooses How and When to Die

Jeannette Cooperman | The Common Reader | January 17, 2025 | 7,416 words

“Does death lose its sting if it is the triumph of the will, and not an act of submission?”

 My Grandpa, the Fascist?

Stefania D’Ignoti | New Lines Magazine | March 4, 2025 | 3,133 words

“An old family album sent me on a journey through Italy’s dark past in Libya.”

Life, Death, and Sourdough

Alice Feiring | Taste | March 4, 2025 | 2,133 words

“A bubbling starter brought back Joe, in more ways than one.”

All Ecology Is Queer

adrienne maree brown, Amy Ray | Orion Magazine | February 13, 2025 | 3,953 words

“Nature’s networks, fluidity, and diversity are the keys to our future.”

The Heroines Who Take On The Harm

Adlai Coleman | Delacorte Review | February 25, 2025 | 6,390 words

“I came to West Virginia looking for harm. I found resilience, the kind that keeps people alive, the kind that seems nearly miraculous, and the kind that is often overlooked.”

When I Lost My Intuition

Ronald W. Dworkin | Aeon | March 3, 2025 | 4,280 words

“For years, I practised medicine with cool certainty, comfortable with life-and-death decisions. Then, one day, I couldn’t.”

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Essays and Features

The Twin Bandits

“The police couldn’t figure out how the perpetrator ripped off two banks at the same time. Until they discovered there wasn’t just one robber but a pair of them: identical twin brothers.”
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All of our year-end lists, since 2011.

Favorite stories from across the web, picked by Longreads staff, guest curators, and readers.

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