“We are experts in our own lives, but ignored by the world at large.”
Meaghan O’Connell
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
A Certain Kind of Mammal
Meaghan O’Connell on the joy, the triumph, and the prison of breastfeeding.
Posted inLongreads News
Longreads Contributor Meaghan O’Connell Gets a Book Deal — Congrats!
Longreads is proud and excited to announce that one of our writers, Meaghan O’Connell, has sold a book to Little, Brown.
Posted inEvents, Nonfiction
Join Longreads for a Portland Story Mixer, Friday March 27
Longreads is coming to Portland! Join us for a free story mixer on Friday night, March 27, as part of WordPress.com’s Press Publish conference—featuring stories from some of our favorite writers: * * * Nathaniel Friedman (aka “Bethlehem Shoals,” writer and founder, FreeDarko.com) Meaghan O’Connell (author, “A Birth Story”) Nancy Rommelmann (author, “The Queens of […]
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Longreads Best of 2014: Essay Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in essay writing.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Longreads Best of 2014: Our 10 Most Popular Exclusives of the Year
This year, Longreads worked with a group of outstanding writers and publishers to produce original stories and exclusives that hadn’t been previously published online. It was all funded with support from our Longreads Members. You can read them all here. Here’s a list of the 10 most popular stories we published this year. Join us to […]
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A Birth Story
Meaghan O’Connell had a perfect pregnancy and the perfect birth plan—and then she went into labor.
Posted inNonfiction
A Birth Story
Meaghan O’Connell had a perfect pregnancy and the perfect birth plan—and then she went into labor.