This week, we’re sharing stories from Julie K. Brown, Joe Sexton, Zeke Faux and Zachary R. Mider, Bruce Grierson, and Michael Hainey.
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Beneath The Surface Of Bruce Springsteen
At Esquire, Bruce Springsteen talks to Michael Hainey about Trump’s divisive politics, raising kids to become solid citizens, how to learn to deal with the baggage of your upbringing to be the person you truly want to be, and how, at age 69 after two serious bouts of depression, he’s still figuring it all out, […]
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Bruce Springsteen: Sadness, Love, Madness, and Soul
“All you needed to do,” Springsteen says, “was to risk being your true self.” We ignore our demons at our peril.
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Longreads Best of 2013: 22 Outstanding Book Chapters We Featured This Year
This year we featured not only the best stories from the web, but also great chapters from new and classic books. Here’s a complete guide to every book chapter we featured this year, both for free and for Longreads Members:
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Longreads Member Exclusive: After Visiting Friends (Chapter 1), by Michael Hainey
This week’s Longreads Member Pick is the first chapter from the best-selling memoir After Visiting Friends, GQ deputy editor Michael Hainey‘s story of his father’s death and his search for answers. Hainey was 6 years old when his father, newspaperman Bob Hainey, died suddenly, but questions remained about the circumstances around his death. We’re proud to feature the book. […]
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Longreads Member Pick: After Visiting Friends (Chapter 1), by Michael Hainey
This week’s Longreads Member Pick is the first chapter from the best-selling memoir After Visiting Friends, GQ deputy editor Michael Hainey‘s story of his father’s death and his search for answers. Hainey was 6 years old when his father, newspaperman Bob Hainey, died suddenly, but questions remained about the circumstances around his death. We’re proud to feature the book. […]
