Social: Longform Article Reading Club

Discuss a longform magazine or newspaper article with a group of longreads fans in this new monthly club from the Magazines and Newspapers Center. It’s like a book club, but instead of books we discuss periodical articles of approximately 10,000 words in length, which take about an hour to read.   

To participate, read the month's selection ahead of time, then join the discussion at the appointed time and location.  

The agenda of the meeting includes round-robin introductions, a forty-five minute discussion utilizing the shared inquiry method, and then a final twenty minutes to share any other thoughts the article brought up for you.  

Typically, selections can be investigative journalism, creative writing, personal essay or another genre, as long as it was originally published in a periodical.  

Sign-up for the Longform Article Club email list to get the monthly selections delivered to your inbox. 

June 2026 Selection

“The Fisherman’s Secret: A Modern-day Treasure Hunt” By Tara Duggan and Jason Fagone; Photos by Santiago Mejia 

 San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 3, 2019  

Giuseppe Pennisi: Do you want to see something that I found on the bottom of the ocean with my camera? 

It’s a really big secret. 

You have to promise. 

Not to show anyone. 

      -- Tara Duggan, reporter: OK. You are making me nervous. 

Can you guess what this is? 

     -- Drugs? 

It’s not drugs. What color is it? 

     -- Yellow? 

     -- Treasure. 

This is something big so we should talk about it at the dock. 

Access options:  

• Read on the San Francisco Chronicle website 
• Read in digital replica on NewsBank, a library database (SFPL card required) 
• Email mnc@sfpl.org to request a PDF