We Need to Translate More Armenian Literature
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“To be inside the cathedral of a language is to be inside a particular view of the world.” Read The Story
View Article‘The Ways of Fiction Are Devious Indeed’
Sands Hall, a playwright and daughter of author Oakley Hall, digs into the work of Wallace Stegner — specifically his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Angle of Repose, which is based on the life of Mary...
View ArticleThe Terrifying Car Crash That Inspired a Masterpiece
One rainy night in 1972, a family of four, and the hitchhiker they picked up outside of Kansas City, get into a car crash. They all survive, and after saying goodbye to the hitchhiker at the hospital,...
View ArticleMisdirectives
A high school English teacher in Georgia delivers a withering critique of the conservative crusade to undermine public education. Ian Altman suggests that what drives the effort is fear of...
View ArticleHow Literary Translation Can Shift the Tides of Power
It’s only recently that I’ve started to read and become a lot more interested in literature in translation. To be completely trite, a whole new world has opened up for me. That’s why I was drawn to...
View ArticleConfessions of a Viral AI Writer
Vauhini Vara is no stranger to AI-assisted writing: her 2021 Believer essay, “Ghosts,” was widely read and hit a nerve in so many readers, including all of us at Longreads. More than two years after...
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Poets in the Machine
This story was funded by our members. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers. Megan Marz | Longreads | October 24, 2023 | 4,164 words (15 minutes) This spring, the literary critic Laura...
View ArticleDays of the Jackal
Andrew Wylie is the most powerful literary agent on the planet, representing some of the most famous authors alive (and some who are already dead). He’s made some of his clients very rich. But is his...
View ArticleRecognizing the Stranger
Isabella Hammad, a Palestinian novelist, delivered this lecture just before the October 7 attacks by Hamas and Israel’s response in the form of genocidal violence. It is a profound piece of writing,...
View ArticlePercival Everett Can’t Say What His Novels Mean
Maya Binyam’s profile is ostensibly pegged to the release of James, Percival Everett’s latest novel, but the stars aligned in a wondrous bonus: at the Academy Awards the night before, Cord Jefferson...
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