In these six stories, a drunk driver confesses via viral video, an ex-Catholic returns to confession, a high-school cheater reveals her indiscretions, and more.
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Full Disclosure: A Reading List About Confessions
In these six stories, a drunk driver confesses via viral video, an ex-Catholic returns to confession, a high-school cheater reveals her indiscretions, and more.
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A Reading List for My 25-Year-Old Self
This list is a birthday gift to me and, I hope, of use to you, too.
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Longreads Best of 2015: Under-Recognized Stories
Stories that deserved more attention in 2015.
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A Reading List for My 25-Year-Old Self
This list is a birthday gift to me and, I hope, of use to you, too.
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Overcome Your Programming And Be A Better Man
Comedian Chris Gethard on being an angry high school outcast, and how he found a place in a world that “doesn’t owe you anything”: As someone who’s spent most of his life feeling like a round peg running into many square holes – it is so much more gratifying when you stop trying to force […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Photo: Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for Al Jazeera America * * * Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. For Hire: Dedicated Young Man With Down Syndrome Michael Bérubé | […]
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A writer-comedian reviews his successes and failures, realizing there’s not much difference between the two: You might be thinking to yourself, ‘How do you know the fear never goes away?’ It could just be me. It could just be pessimism, or cynicism. The realization hit me like a ton of bricks a few years back […]
