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Fun long-form articles to entertain and inform 📰

Long-form (or longform) journalism is defined as reporting that "cover[s] a subject at much greater length and in much greater depth than a standard news article" (Merriam Webster). These articles will take you on an interesting journey and have you back home in no time.

What is Glitter? (C. Weaver, NY Times, 2018)
The wonderful Caity Weaver explores the creation of glitter.
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Caity Weaver: Collected Works
More from Caity Weaver!

Longreads Reading Lists

Themed collections of long-form articles.

Alone, But Not Lonely: A Reading List on Being Single (Longreads Reading List, C. Egan, 2024)
"Six stories about making a life of one’s own."
Anatomy of the Mask: A Reading List on Superhero Comics (Longreads Reading List, J. Miller, 2022)
Superhero comic creators and the communities formed around them.
Life on Screen: A Reality Television Reading List (Longreads Reading List, E. Blackwell, 2022)
"Reality TV: Guilty pleasure or public service?"
The Significance of Sniffing: A Reading List on Smell (Longreads Reading List, G. Fullan, 2022)
The reason for and value of smelling.
Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries (Longreads Reading List, L. Bubert, 2022)
"Tales of odd phenomena" and how they catch our attention.
Voices of Rebirth: A Reading List on Being Indigenous in America (Longreads Reading List, A. Fourkiller, 2022)
This collection was brought together "to celebrate the shared experience of being Indigenous in America, highlight important issues, and raise awareness of voices often forgotten."
Working on the Edge: A Reading List About Extreme Jobs (Longreads Reading List, C. Wheatley, 2023)
People who do dangerous jobs, including tornado chasing, clearing landmines, and mining cobalt.
‘The Evanescence is the Thing’: Five Writers on the Power of the Dance Floor (Longreads Reading List, C. L. Rowlands, 2022)
"Dancing, techno music, and rave and club culture."
Longreads Reading Lists
Themed collections of wonderful articles! There are too many to list here, so we recommend exploring them all.

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Epic Magazine
"Extraordinary true stories" that are often republished elsewhere and sometimes turned into movies!
Longform: Sections
Longform.org provided an article recommendation service to its readers for many years. While that has ended, there remain the list of more than 10,000 articles, sorted by section, for your perusal. They also have a podcast!
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"[D]edicated to helping people find and share the best longform nonfiction storytelling on the web."

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