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The Florida Alligator Dragnet

The Prom Went On in Kyiv, but Masha’s Date Danced Alone

The True Story of Laura Ingalls Is Wilder than Little House on the Prairie

The Back Meets the Nose

The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Elisa Gabbert

The Healing Power of Watching the Boys of ‘Jackass’ Do Incredibly Stupid Things

Why Is Florida Executing So Many Prisoners?

What Science Knows About Grief

Semiquincentennial Blues

My Almond Archive

America’s Greatest Hot Dog

How I Bought a Private Jet by Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 Media

A Young Magician Wanted to Build an Epic Magic Collection. Did He Go Too Far?

Inside the Food Truck Mafia Wreaking Havoc Around the National Mall

Paradise Revisited

The Brits Panning for Gold

How Mexico’s World Cup Run Brought a Small Oregon Town to Life

One Last Run

Constructions, Concoctions, Conjurations: A Reading List on the Curious World of Conlangs

“That Guy is Still Out There”

Tom Colicchio’s Final Service

The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us

My Midlife Crisis Corolla Is Fast, Furious, and Fully Modded

The Clip Stage

On Description

Are Crows Really Our Friends?

Daylight Savings Time: A (Beach) Reading List for the Lighthearted

My Father Wants to Age in Place. AI Will Be Watching

Diabolical Motherhood

What Training My Chaotic Dog Taught Me About Power, Control – and Human Beings

Tunnel 13

Route 66 Is Turning 100 This Year. It Still Has Stories to Tell About America.

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Middle of Somewhere

The Mars Delusion

Secrets of the Magus

Curiosity as Compassion: A Conversation with Susan Orlean

Return to the River

Nobody Here Wants the Data Center: An Oral History

A Winding Road, a Bottle of Wine, and a Crash That Keeps Punishing Oak Grove

The Mom Who Runs a Household With a Staff of AI Agents

How the Crossword Conquered America

Brave New World: A Reading List About the Dark Future

A Diehard Drinker Accidentally Quits

On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead

‘David Bowie Was a Crazy Workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an Oral History

Happy Fucking Birthday

The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales

The Brexit Catch