The Sunday Long Read

Welcome to @sundaylongread--your new Twitter home for great reads and superb writers, the SLR podcast, our weekly newsletter and more. Enjoy! —DVN

Don't miss this week's SLR, guest edited by @jesusrodriguezb and featuring @jiatolentino, @gabydvj, @KerryHowley, @caseyquack, @eileencartter + more mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

In this excellent profile of the American Conservation Coalition, @gabydvj sets out to reconcile the group’s “romantic nationalism” and stated commitment to protecting the environment with the White House’s energy policies and the DOGE cuts to national park staff. Guest editor @jesusrodriguezb's top pick harpers.org/archive/2026/0…

This is just one of those stories where the subject is far more fascinating than you could have imagined. With artful prose, @jiatolentino transports us from a Brooklyn dancefloor to Robyn’s 1,700-square-foot Stockholm apartment. Guest editor @jesusrodriguezb's top pick newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

We are thrilled to have @jesusrodriguezb edit the newsletter this weekend! Jesús is a writer and journalist in Washington, D.C. covering politics, characters, and culture. mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

Check out this week's SLR featuring @shalini, @betswrites, @mckaycoppins, @taffyakner, @farnazfassihi, @mannyNYT, @HurtesSarah & more mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

In this instant-classic piece of community-rooted investigative reporting and narrative writing, a trio of @BaltimoreBanner scribes proved the best journalism still has power. One of our top picks this week. thebanner.com/community/loca…

Prescriptions for ketamine jumped eightfold in 2025, with devastating results for some patients seeking relief from depression. @shalini and @betswrites mix science and sympathetic storytelling to explain why in one of our top picks this week. wsj.com/health/wellnes…

This weekend, the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, is scientifically a far better time to make a resolution than Jan. If you want to read more this spring—and this year—you've come to exactly the right place! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

Check out this week's SLR, guest edited by @jeffmaysh and featuring @LBurst, @mckaycoppins, @MWilsonNYT, @JeffreyGoldberg, @rubycramer, @joshdzieza + many more mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

Our quest editor Jeff Maysh introduces this week's Sunday Long Read in the video below while also making his Oscars pick. Watch and read the full edition here: bit.ly/4cUhFFD

When Brooklyn businessman Jacob Ostreicher was imprisoned in Bolivia, actor Sean Penn orchestrated a covert smuggling operation to get him back to the U.S. @LBurst reconstructs the whole improbable rescue in vivid detail. Guest editor @jeffmaysh's top pick nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Morning! This week's guest editor is @jeffmaysh, a Bahamas-born, British-raised, California-based journalist who writes narrative nonfiction about crimes, cons, and heists. This is the third time Jeff is guest-curating The SLR. Enjoy! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

Don't miss this week's SLR, guest edited by @davidedgarwolf and featuring @AbdohSalar, @juliettepavy, @gilestremlett, @AGomati + many more mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

Guest editor @davidedgarwolf's top pick is a piece from January by @AbdohSalar, an Iranian novelist living in Tehran who was responding to the protests that were then shaking the country. Wolf says it "reveals more about Iran than any number of op-eds could." equator.org/articles/the-w…

Morning! We've got a collection of awesome stories for you curated by this week's guest editor, @davidedgarwolf, editor of the @gdnlongread. Enjoy his picks! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

A can’t-put-down chronicle of several incarcerated women’s fight for freedom following the 2024 passage of Oklahoma’s Survivors’ Act, which would reduce sentences in cases where domestic violence was found to be a "substantial contributing factor” in a crime. @DVNJr's pick this week by @pamelacolloff propublica.org/article/oklaho…

Introducing our new True Crime curator, author @shaunassael, who has spent his career covering politics, sports and true crime, sometimes all at once. Sign up now (it's free!)—to get next month's newsletter. sundaylongread.com/true-crime/

Dan McGinn is “the guy behind the guy,” a quick-thinking, fast-talking Winston Wolf from Pulp Fiction (“I solve problems”). Only the problems he helps solve are messes made by the world’s most powerful people. One of @DVNJr's picks thefuturewealreadyknow.substack.com/p/what-40-year…