[New post] The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Longreads posted: "This week, we're sharing stories from James Hamblin, Josina Guess, Edward Carey, Paraic O'Donnell, and Ruth Graham. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * Help us reach our fundraising goal of $50k * Bundyville. (Deep" New post on Longreads The Top 5 Longreads of the Week by Longreads This week, we're sharing stories from James Hamblin, Josina Guess, Edward Carey, Paraic O'Donnell, and Ruth Graham. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * Help us reach our fundraising goal of $50k * Bundyville. (Deeply reported and up for a National Magazine Award.) * Queens of Infamy. (Delightfully nerdy historical satire.) * Fine Lines. (Thoughtful personal essays on aging.) * Shelved. (Deep dives into ditched deep cuts.) * The Hive Series. (Women on the music that moves them.) In 2009, Longreads started as a hashtag for sharing great reading on Twitter and we remain passionate about and committed to selecting and sharing the best writing on the web.  In the last five years, we've been publishing our own deeply reported stories, thoughtful personal and reported essays as well as excerpts of and commentary on the books we love. Read this note from our founder Mark Armstrong for more details on what we have planned this year. We want to allow our writers the time and space to explore topics carefully so that we can all benefit from their thinking and to understand the world and one another a little better. Is that a mission that moves you too?  Please chip in with a one-time or — even better — a monthly or annual contribution. We're grateful for your support! Contribute * * * 1. You're Likely to Get the Coronavirus James Hamblin | The Atlantic | February 24, 2020 | 12 minutes (3,045 words) You might not know you have it, though. 2. The Wind Delivered the Story Josina Guess | The Bitter Southerner | February 27, 2020 | 8 minutes (2,143 words) In this haunting essay, Josina Guess confronts South Carolina's violent racist past when she discovers, over time, newspapers in her yard telling the story of Willie Earle's 1947 mass lynching and the subsequent acquittal of all 31 accused. 3. On Getting Lost Edward Carey | Texas Highways | February 1, 2020 | 9 minutes (2,457 words) A journey through the Big Thicket of Texas. 4. MS Is Meticulously Destroying Me. I Am Being Unmade. Paraic O'Donnell | The Irish Times | February 11, 2020 | 23 minutes (5,757 words) "It's not that you surrender, in the end. Even surrender takes effort, and you just don't have the energy." 5. The Bible That Oozed Oil Ruth Graham | Slate | February 27, 2020 | 19 minutes (4,852 words) A small Georgia town, a prophecy about Donald Trump, and the story of how a miracle fell apart. Longreads | February 28, 2020 at 10:17 am | Tags: Edward Carey, James Hamblin, Josina Guess, Paraic O'Donnell, Ruth Graham, Slate, Texas Highways, The Atlantic, The Bitter Southerner, The Irish Times | Categories: Nonfiction, Top 5 | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-zPl Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2020/02/28/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-312/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com