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The Sunday Long Read

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Weekly newsletter rounding up the best longform from across the web. Functions as an editorial filter on top of everyone else's output.

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Hanoi's humble beer glass and the memory of a nation - The Sunday Long Read

Amid Vietnam's waves of transformation, the Bia hơi cốc has remained unchanged.

Parni RayMay 15, 202622 min read
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Two Roads Through Two Chinatowns - The Sunday Long Read

Infrastructural racism reshaped Chinese communities in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. But why did one thrive while the other barely survived?

Boen WangJan 23, 202629 min read
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Q&A: Tablet Magazine's editor-in-chief on opinion writing and Gen Z’s love of print - The Sunday Long Read

Alana Newhouse wants to "challenge" public discourse and is pleased to learn that Gen Z might not want to be so online.

Amanda UlrichDec 13, 20254 min read
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Can my dead uncle’s phone break the cycle of addiction?  - The Sunday Long Read

What happens when you come into a relatives digital remains and are forced to confront questions of identity, addiction, and family history?

Kiki DyOct 23, 202532 min read
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Q&A: Journalist Bradley Hope talks narrative writing and the future of AI - The Sunday Long Read

For a recent WIRED profile, Bradley Hope did what he thinks AI couldn't do — write with interest.

Amanda UlrichOct 17, 20256 min read
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Q&A: ProPublica’s Max Blau on bridging investigation and narrative, live at University of Georgia - The Sunday Long Read

The SLR Podcast hit the road (somewhat virtually) for the first time this summer. SLR co-founder Jacob Feldman spoke to ProPublica’s Max Blau at the University of Georgia in partnership with the school’s MFA program in narrative nonfiction, of which Max is an alumni. Jacob talked to Max about his 2024 ProPublica piece “I Don’t […]

Étienne Lajoie, Jacob D FeldmanSep 26, 20256 min read
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Q&A: Bloomberg’s Patrick Clark asks what the mundane popularity of Hampton Inn says about us - The Sunday Long Read

Journalist Patrick Clark digs into the free breakfast (and business strategy) of the "rigorously OK" Hampton Inn hotel chain.

Amanda UlrichAug 30, 20254 min read
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Q&A: Thinking about your sun exposure this summer? Journalist Rowan Jacobsen has answers. - The Sunday Long Read

Science journalist Rowan Jacobsen suggests we should have a more nuanced approach to public messaging around sunscreen use.

Amanda UlrichJul 2, 20255 min read
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Q&A: The Washington Post's Geoff Edgers talks about the art of the celebrity interview - The Sunday Long Read

Music journalist Geoff Edgers suggests you shouldn't be afraid to reach out to big names for an interview.

Amanda UlrichMay 23, 20255 min read
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In The Atavist, Rhana Natour details one Gaza teen's recovery from war - The Sunday Long Read

Rhana Natour won a National Magazine Award for telling the story of 14-year-old Layan Albaz.

Amanda UlrichApr 25, 20256 min read
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Natalia Galicza of Deseret Magazine unveils the horrors of solitary confinement - The Sunday Long Read

in a 2024 piece for Deseret Magazine, writer Natalia Galicza brought to life all of the complexities and horrors of solitary confinement through the story of one man.

Amanda UlrichMar 28, 20258 min read
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When Flamingos Came to the Chesapeake - The Sunday Long Read

What happens when your home changes? How does it feel when that change is irrevocable, existential, and a little bit ominous?

Elizabeth JohnsonFeb 14, 202515 min read
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Presidential historian Jim Robenalt talks surprising JFK home movie, mysteries around Trump assassination attempt - The Sunday Long Read

Presidential historian Jim Robenalt uncovered the story of JFK and Jackie’s surprising home video made shortly before his death.

Amanda UlrichJan 18, 20258 min read
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Caity Weaver of the New York Times Magazine digs into one city’s eccentric attempt to eliminate gloom - The Sunday Long Read

The first time Caity Weaver heard about the legend of Zozobra, she stumbled upon it almost by accident.

Amanda UlrichJan 11, 20258 min read
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The SLR Podcast revisited: Jeanne Marie Laskas - The Sunday Long Read

In a conversation with Jacob Feldman in 2019, Jeanne Marie Laskas discussed writing about Obama, profiling Biden, and more.

Jacob D FeldmanDec 21, 202411 min read
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‘Teens and fentanyl’: ProPublica's Lizzie Presser weaves an emotional story about the impacts of the drug trade - The Sunday Long Read

“I really wanted to get at that space: How difficult it is to survive until 18 years old as a teenager who is struggling with an opioid addiction.”

Amanda UlrichDec 4, 20249 min read
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Best of the Last 10 Years - The Sunday Long Read

Since late 2014, we’ve highlighted roughly 10,000 pieces of journalism that taught us something, took us somewhere, or made us rethink what we thought we knew. So picking just 10—one from each year since we launched—that stood out above the rest… it’s a fool’s errand. But these stories (all of which appeared near the top […]

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What do you do after you accidentally kill a child? - The Sunday Long Read

The worst Thursday of Ryan Nickerson’s life started like any other. But he's had to live with its consequences every day since.

Joshua St. ClairNov 20, 202427 min read
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The Sunday Long Read Turns 10. Now What? - The Sunday Long Read

Don Van Natta Jr. and Jacob Feldman reflect on the state of longform journalism after a decade of curating the best stories, and discuss the future of the Sunday Long Read.

Jacob and DonNov 16, 20246 min read
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Washingtonian’s Jessica Sidman reports on a pressing question: ‘What’s the deal with Republicans and steakhouses?’ - The Sunday Long Read

Jessica Sidman took a deep dive on the one food “that’s fueling — figuratively and literally — the 2024 election.”

Amanda UlrichOct 31, 20249 min read
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'Not today': The twin miracles of Palm Beach - The Sunday Long Read

The pilot went unconscious at 10,000 feet. Neither of the passengers had ever flown a plane. For them to survive, it would take a miracle. Or two.

Joe SextonOct 17, 202435 min read
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SLR Classic Read: A Woman Burns - The Sunday Long Read

Gene Fowler describes a double execution in this story, originally published in the New York American in 1928.

Gene FowlerSep 6, 202415 min read
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The Producer Behind Texas Monthly’s Adaption Boom - The Sunday Long Read

Editors Note: Updates and corrections have been made in the piece following additional reporting regarding the relationship between Texas Monthly stories and podcasts, the company’s production agreements, and its promotional efforts. We regret the errors. They always say that the best writing leaps off the page and at Texas Monthly, it’s Megan Creydt’s job to […]

Sonia WeiserJul 13, 20245 min read
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In the Land of the Very Old, Part Two - The Sunday Long Read

Sam Toperoff's final piece is a return to The Land of the Very Old.

Sam ToperoffJul 2, 202435 min read
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Birkenstock fever: Bloomberg's Tim Loh writes about the evolution of a very famous sandal - The Sunday Long Read

Chronicling the 250-year history of the Birkenstock shoe company, Tim Loh turns over a lot of stones -- including the firm's connections to the Nazi Party -- and takes a look at what made it an international best-seller.

Amanda UlrichJun 20, 20249 min read
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The last day: Journalist Charley Locke examines the ritual of retirement - The Sunday Long Read

When Charley Locke embarked on a recent story about retirement for The New York Times Magazine, she found a fractured process that looks different for seemingly every American.

Amanda UlrichJun 1, 20249 min read
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Talking PostSecret, ‘dark matter,’ and the bygone era of online earnestness with journalist Meg Bernhard - The Sunday Long Read

A Q&A with Meg Bernhard, a freelance writer based in Las Vegas, whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Harper’s, and elsewhere.

Amanda UlrichMay 11, 202411 min read
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Vasiliy Lomachenko: Boxer, soldier, believer, traitor?  - The Sunday Long Read

Vasiliy Lomachenko is one of Ukraine's greatest boxers ever. But his relationship with his country perhaps undercuts the Western stereotype of a war-weary but united people.

Sean NamMay 3, 202438 min read
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For Slate writer Dan Kois, everything is copy — except some stuff - The Sunday Long Read

In 2021, a New Zealand father and his three young children went missing. When they casually reappeared 17 days later, after apparently camping in the deep bush but neglecting to tell anyone where they were going, it sparked a heated debate among the country’s parents: Was the father, Tom Phillips, putting his kids at risk […]

Amanda UlrichApr 20, 202411 min read
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The Butterfly in the Prison Yard - The Sunday Long Read

A conservationist imprisoned while studying one of the world's rarest cheetahs, Niloufar Bayani spent the last six years behind bars, fighting to preserve her humanity.

Lucy SherriffApr 13, 202426 min read