January 2011
25 posts
Jihadists in Paradise →
Mark Bowden | The Atlantic | Mar 2007 A ragtag band of pirate-Jihadists grab Americans from a diving resort in the Phillipines and lead them on an odyssey through the jungles of an…
Jan 1st
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December 2010
49 posts
When Zion Ruled the Airwaves →
Cliff Doerksen | Chicago Reader | May 2002 How Zion, Ill., a fundamentalist Christian settlement with a population of 6,250, created one of the most popular stations in the country during the…
Dec 31st
Nollywood: Lights, Camera, Africa →
- | The Economist | Dec 2010 On the evolution of Nigeria’s booming film industry, which produces 50 full-length features a week.
Dec 31st
North Korea’s Dollar Store →
David Rose | Vanity Fair | Aug 2009 Inside Office 39, a state-run counterfeiting operation designed to keep Kim Jong-il flush.
Dec 30th
Combinations of Jacksons →
Charles Portis | The Atlantic | Dec 1969 The author of True Grit on growing up in Arkansas during World War II.
Dec 30th
The Incredible Story of the Collar Bomb Heist →
Rich Schapiro | Wired | Dec 2010 In 2003, a man robbed a bank with a bomb around his neck. It exploded shortly thereafter, taking his life and leaving authorities to piece together who had…
Dec 29th
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Unpacking My Record Collection →
Julian Dibbell | Feed | Mar 2000 Walter Benjamin, mp3s, and what collecting says about us.
Dec 29th
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Lost at the Chateau Marmont →
Karina Longworth | L.A. Weekly | Dec 2010 A profile of director Sofia Coppola.
Dec 22nd
The Real American Pie →
Cliff Doerksen | Chicago Reader | Dec 2009 Mince pie was once more American than the apple variety. It was also blamed for “bad health, murderous dreams, the downfall of Prohibition, and the…
Dec 21st
In Search of Lost Paris →
Luc Sante | NY Review of Books | Dec 2010 “Most cities spread like inkblots; a few, such as Manhattan, grew in linear increments. Paris expanded in concentric rings, approximately shown by…
Dec 20th
Winona Forever →
Alex Pappademas | GQ | Jan 2011 A profile of Winona Ryder.
Dec 19th
Jackie O., Working Girl →
Greg Lawrence | Vanity Fair | Jan 2011 In 1975, Jackie O., widow to a president and tycoon, decided to become a literary editor.
Dec 18th
Not All Smurfs and Sunshine →
Matthew Scianitti | Ryerson Review | Dec 2010 A profile of Esquire features writer Chris Jones. Plus: the Jones archive on Longform.org.
Dec 17th
Attacked by a Grizzly [Part 2] →
Thomas Curwen | Los Angeles Times | Apr 2007 What it takes to recover from a near-death brawl with a bear.
Dec 16th
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Blindsided →
Alan Prendergast | Westword | Dec 2010 His wife murdered his mother, tried to do the same to him, and was prepared to orphan their 8-month-old child. The attempt left him blind. Then he…
Dec 15th
Zion on the Prairie →
Adam Marcus | Museo Magazine | Apr 2010 On the visionary architecture and disturbing goals of Yearning for Zion, the utopian experiment undertaken in rural Texas by the Fundamentalist Church…
Dec 14th
Home and Away →
Peter Hessler | New Yorker | Dec 2003 A profile of Yao Ming, published during his second season in the NBA.
Dec 10th
“We’ll Never Eliminate Risk” →
James Fallows,Jeffrey Goldberg,John Pistole | The Atlantic | Dec 2010 A interview with John Pistole, head of the TSA.
Dec 10th
Amakusa: Islands of Dread →
Richard Hendry | Spike Japan | Nov 2010 The history of a Japanese archipelago and its inhabitants, through rebellions and famine, a 20th century exodus for prostitution work across Asia, and…
Dec 9th
Seagal Under Siege →
Ned Zeman | Vanity Fair | Oct 2002 Steven Seagal spent a few years in Japan and returned to open a dojo in L.A.. Jules Nasso was the wiseguy producer behind all of Seagal’s hits. When it all…
Dec 9th
I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes →
Mike Sager | Esquire | Aug 2001 A profile of Roseanne Barr and her multiple personalities.
Dec 9th
The Pentagon Papers Trial →
Sanford J. Ungar | The Atlantic | Nov 1972 The case that brought leaks to the popular consciousness.
Dec 9th
Leave No Man Behind →
Wil S. Hylton | GQ | May 2008 The extreme measures employed to recover the bodies of missing-in-action American soldiers—even when they’ve been on the bottom of the ocean since 1944.
Dec 9th
Inhaling the Spore →
Lawrence Weschler | Harper’s | Sep 1994 A trip to the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.
Dec 9th
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Don Blankenship: The Dark Lord of Coal Country →
Jeff Goodell | Rolling Stone | Nov 2010 The profile that led to the Massey Energy CEO’s resignation.
Dec 8th
The Distant Executioner →
William Langewiesche | Vanity Fair | Feb 2010 The interior life of a sniper, the most misunderstood icon of the modern military.
Dec 7th
The Mystery of Erica Blasberg →
Alan Shipnuck | Sports Illustrated | Dec 2010 On the suicide of a promising professional golfer.
Dec 7th
Interview: Danny Boyle →
Danny Boyle,Tim Adams | The Guardian | Dec 2010 The director of Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours on his aversion to America, the advantages of small budgets, and the challenges of…
Dec 7th
The Real-life Swedish Murder That Inspired Stieg... →
Julie Bindel | The Telegraph | Nov 2010 A Stockholm prostitute is found hacked apart in a dumpster, her head is never found. Two accomplished doctors, confirmed creeps, are arrested….
Dec 7th
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The Longform.org Best of 2010 →
The Editors | longform.org | Dec 2010 Our favorite 20 pieces of the year, plus honorable mentions by category and 2010′s most ridiculously entertaining reads.
Dec 7th
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The Trafficker →
Patrick Radden Keefe | New Yorker | Feb 2010 The amiable international arms dealer and the sting.
Dec 7th
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The Lost Canadians →
Grant Stoddard | The Walrus | Dec 2010 A report from Minnesota’s Angle Township, which was put in the U.S. instead of Canada by a map-maker’s error.
Dec 7th
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The Viral Me →
Devin Friedman | GQ | Dec 2010 A tech neophyte looks for answers in Silicon Valley, “the last place in America where people are this optimistic.”
Dec 7th
The Colombian Coke Sub →
Alexander Bühler | Der Spiegel | Dec 2010 A former pilot of miniature cocaine-smuggling submarines tells his story.
Dec 5th
The New Gawker Media →
Felix Salmon | Reuters | Dec 2010 Nick Denton is rebooting his entire Gawker empire—and his vision is drawn more from TV than blogs.
Dec 4th
The Chess Master →
Garry Kasparov | NY Review of Books | Feb 2010 A grandmaster on the computers that have bested him and how we have misunderstood the implications of artificial intelligence.
Dec 4th
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Christian Bale May Kill Someone Yet →
John Richardson | Esquire | Dec 2010 “Why are you putting all that muddle in your brain that’s not needed to be there?” An interview about why giving interviews is totally worthless.
Dec 4th
The Last Wife →
Alex Witchel | New York Times | Apr 2010 A profile of the late artist and author Norris Church Mailer, who stayed with her husband Norman despite his notorious philandering.
Dec 3rd
13 Ways of Looking at Liz Lemon →
Sady Doyle | Tiger Beatdown | Mar 2010 Thoughts on an emerging brand of feminism and the ridiculousness of claiming that Tina Fey is unattractive.
Dec 3rd
The Golden Suicides →
Nancy Jo Sales | Vanity Fair | Jan 2008 A couple, well-known New York artists, decamp to L.A., where she intends to direct a movie about a rock star trying to leave a cult. Beck, a friend,…
Dec 3rd
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How America Lost the War on Drugs →
Benjamin Wallace-Wells | Rolling Stone | Dec 2007 An anatomy of a failure.
Dec 2nd
The Quaid Conspiracy →
Nancy Jo Sales | Vanity Fair | Jan 2011 Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have fled to Canada and are living in their car. They are seeking asylum from the menace of the “Hollywood Star Whackers.”
Dec 2nd
Teen Mathletes Do Battle at Algorithm Olympics →
Jason Fagone | Wired | Dec 2010 Inside the world of competitive coding.
Dec 2nd
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Who Was Gareth Williams? →
Adrian Levy,Cathy Scott-Clark | The Guardian | Nov 2010 Autopsy of a spy.
Dec 1st
A Crime of Shadows →
Mark Bowden | Vanity Fair | Dec 2009 The cop says she nabbed an online sexual predator. He says he was just willing to chat whatever it took to get laid in real life. Their story, from both…
Dec 1st
The Dirtiest Cop Alive →
Gil Reavill | Maxim | Nov 2000 A profile of Rafael Pérez, an infamously corrupt LAPD officer and the inspiration behind the Vic Mackey character on The Shield.
Dec 1st
Google and Money! →
Charles Petersen | NY Review of Books | Dec 2010 Where the actual online money is centralized, and where Google will have to go to continue chasing it.
Dec 1st