OT: long form journalism- share your favorites

[robin3mj]

In the last couple months, I’ve found and bookmarked a few sites that link to various recommended long articles, of the type written by the Gladwell/Michael Lewis/Foster Wallaces of the world.



Great for airport reading, passing time in hotels, etc.



Here’s a few websites to get you going. Feel free to point out links to any stories you find interesting.



Longform.org

Longreads: The best long-form stories on the web

SportsFeat

Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever



To kick things off, here’s an article on a diamond theft in Antwerp that is worth a read:
The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist

[chasea]

Read this first when it was reprinted in 05 or 06. I don't care for baseball. Found myself wishing it were a book.

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now - Biography of Ted Williams - Esquire

[jamesand]

Jonathan Lethem in Harper's, Ben Marcus in same.

The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism, By Jonathan Lethem (Harper's Magazine)

More lit crit, but both fantastic writers. Marcus really has an axe to grind vis a vis Jonathan Franzen.

[Mabouya]

Assuming that you're not shooting for pointy-headed intellectual stuff, then The New Yorker and Harper's fit the bill for me.

[nycjames]

I would also recommend the editor's picks from Instapaper.

[christian]

I mostly read the New Yorker (just for the Sempe cycling cartoons) and Harpers, but I enjoyed this piece on the salvage of the Cougar Ace from Wired:

High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace

[72gmc]

Read this first when it was reprinted in 05 or 06. I don't care for baseball. Found myself wishing it were a book.

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now - Biography of Ted Williams - Esquire

Great piece. Pair it with this: The New Yorker Digital Edition : Oct 22, 1960

[caleb]

There's an article in the current National Geographic about the Rwanda/Uganda/DRC area that has some of the best political reporting sub-Saharan on Africa for a general audience that I've read in a long time.

[Rhys]

Guys, you're killing me! I just lost a morning reading these things.


Got any more?

[prcrstn8]

Cuban Crisis: A Step-by-Step Review, NYT 11/3/1962

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/1...0review&st=cse

[j44ke]

There's an article in the current National Geographic about the Rwanda/Uganda/DRC area that has some of the best political reporting sub-Saharan on Africa for a general audience that I've read in a long time.

Nat'l Geo made an editorial change about 4-5 years ago (probably longer - my memory shortens time more and more lately,) where they decided that some issues were too important to gloss over any longer. They've become a much better magazine as a result.

[defspace]

I've been working my way through this: The New Kings of Nonfiction: Michael Lewis, Jack Hitt, James McManus, Lawrence Weschler, Michael Pollan, Bill Buford, Chuck Klosterman, David Foster Wallace, Dan Savage, Ira Glass: 978159448267: Amazon.com: Books

It was put together by Ira Glass, so if you like This American Life, you'll probably enjoy this. Some of the pieces are a bit old at this point, but interesting nevertheless.