Longreads

The Grate Cheese Robbery

How organized crime fell in love with cheese—and made it the most stolen food item in the world.

Could the Girls of Camp Mystic Have Been Saved?

"Dozens died in a Texas flood, dividing families over whether it was an act of God or adult failure."

The Memory Maker

OpenAI's Sora allowed you to deepfake yourself. Users started to remember things that never happened.

Ugly, Bitter, and True

After years of feeling hopeless and barely human, one talented writer manages to find her will to live.

A Woman’s Work: Home Economics* (*I Took Woodworking Instead)

Carolita Johnson tallies the costs and benefits of love and cohabitation as a woman artist living in a patriarchy.

‘My Body Stopped Speaking to Me’: The First-Person Account of a Near-Death Experience

Our recent Longreads Member Pick by National Magazine Award winner Andrew Corsello from GQ is now free for everyone. Special thanks to our Longreads Members for helping bring these stories to you—if you’re not a member, join us here. “My Body Stopped Speaking to Me,” is a personal story about Corsello’s near-death experience, first published […]