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

[Jas0n]

I'm biased (Full Disclosure: I work for the Atlantic on the advertising side), but I'm always impressed by the quality of our features. If you have an appetite for long-form, I think you'll agree - although I admit that the web isn't the best way to consume these kinds of editorial (print or iPad are preferable, I think)

Table of Contents - Magazine - The Atlantic

A brand new piece worth reading: The Ally From Hell - Magazine - The Atlantic

[R.Liverman]

His stuff isnt always long form but Matt Taibbi is a bit of a stud.

[prcrstn8]

Playing Doc's Games: The New Yorker 1992

[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

[72gmc]

I'm reading the New Yorker anthology of sports writing. A.J. Liebling's piece on the Rocky Marciano/Archie Moore fight is great, and I don't like boxing.

[caleb]

Last week I was on the train from DC to Baltimore clicking through the news on my phone and generally not being excited about the state of the world.

And then, out of the blue, this Louis Menand essay on poetry showed up in my inbox and made my ride. It's just a lovely piece of writing.

[taz]

Ingest or inbibe your favorite hallucinogens, grab some small arms or explosives, and then sit down and read any Hunter Thompson until it starts to sound rational. To come down gently, move on to Edward Abbey.

- taz

[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.