“The expats forging new lives in Puerto Viejo are part of a wider exodus of Black Americans from the U.S. in recent years, with many leaving for reasons that are explicitly political.”
Los Angeles Times
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The Weird and Wonderful Life of L.A.’s Most Bizarre Celebrity Photographer
“He had the golden era of Hollywood in those shoe boxes.”
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Return to the Saddle Club: A Reading List on Horse Girls
Celebrating the girls with an equine obsession.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s edition highlights stories by Skip Hollandsworth, Arielle Isack, J.R. Moehringer, Romina Cenisio, and Daniel Miller.
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For 40 Years He Blamed Himself for a Girl’s Murder. Then Came a Shocking Discovery
“He had indeed seen a blue sweater, but did he remember it on the wrong girl?”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we are featuring stories from Renata Brito and Felipe Dana, Jeff Weiss, Maddy Crowell, Stephen Rodrick, and David Jenkins.
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The (Un)holy Gospel of Suga Free
“There’s a thin line between isolation and serenity, and Suga Free needs nobody but Suga Free.”
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Is Gold Hidden Under a California Peak? This Treasure Map Says So
“The tale of that man, his map, and the place it led to is really one about Southern California’s twin mirages — fame and fortune — and the people who seek one or the other. Or both.”
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Best of 2022: Reader Favorites
You’ve heard from the Longreads’ editors, now it’s the turn of our readers.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re sharing stories from Stacy Perman, Azadeh Moaveni, Jake Kring-Schreifels, Kris Newby, and Nikita Arora.