A Boy Grew In Brooklyn
Memories of the old neighborhood, before everything changed.
The Unknown "Alex"
What we can learn from a secret comic strip.
Fire Behavior
What really happened in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion?
He's Still Chevy Chase (And You're Not)
The roast where Chevy Chase learned that everyone hates him.
My Life as a Writer
An interview with Philip Roth on his career, his critics, and his retirement, which he began by re-reading his 31 books to "see whether I’d wasted my time."
More from the Longform archive: writers on writing.
The Party Monster Lives for the Applause
A profile of former club kid Michael Alig, who is approaching release after serving 17 years in jail for murder.
The Secret Auden
W.H. Auden’s quiet, personal pursuit of kindness and honor.
Joe Biden in Winter
A profile of the vice president.
The Longform Guide to Cruises
A collection of stories about celebrity, debauchery and tragedy on the open seas.</p>
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Present Perfect"
Diary entries concerning innocent Americans abroad.
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Notes On "Camp"
“Indeed the essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration. And Camp is esoteric—something of a private code, a badge of identity even, among small urban cliques.”
Downfall
The undoing of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who resigned in January amidst multiple swirling scandals.
An Unthinkably Modern Miracle
The author gets a crash course in health care pricing after having his urethra fixed.
The Best Little Magazine Party in Texas
Headed to Austin for SXSW? Come to a live taping of the Longform Podcast with special guests Pamela Colloff, Mimi Swartz and Lawrence Wright, followed by a party with Texas Monthly, ASME and The Atavist. Saturday, March 8, 4-9 p.m. Free, RSVP.</p>
The Last, Disposable Action Hero
In Hollywood’s new blockbuster economy, the actors who portray superheroes are as interchangeable as the costumes they wear.
The Doctor and the Saint
An essay on BR Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi and the battle against caste in India.
Deal Me Out
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s intimate coverage of Wall Street.
Neo-Nazi Mole
When its informant’s cover was blown, German intelligence destroyed his files. Did his handlers fail to pick up a violent cell that would eventually murder nine immigrants and a cop in order to preserve their asset?
The Entrapment of Jesse Snodgrass
An undercover cop targets an autistic teen as a drug dealer.
Meet The Most Marketed 12-Year-Old Basketball Player In The World
How good is Julian Newman, really?
The Murders Before the Marathon
A triple homicide, the alleged involvement of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect, and those caught up in the FBI’s ongoing investigation.
Kevin Roose, a writer at New York, has contributed to The New York Times, GQ and Esquire. His latest book is Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits.
"Google will give you away. I feel like one undercover book is all you get these days before the jig is up. ... Unless, like Barbara Ehrenreich, you legally change your name. I was not quite prepared to go that far."
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The Plot From Solitary
How four prisoners in solitary confinement launched the largest hunger strike in American history.
All About Eve—and Then Some
A profile of Eve Babitz – muse, writer, LA party girl.
Fascism, Russia, and Ukraine
On the dueling propagandists of Kiev and Moscow.
