Miles from Nowhere
In 1968, the author revisits remote British Columbia, which he traveled two years earlier.
In 1968, the author revisits remote British Columbia, which he traveled two years earlier.
Edward Hoagland The American Scholar May 2006 30min Permalink
A profile of Henry Hook, crossword puzzle master.
Burkhard Bilger New Yorker Mar 2002 25min Permalink
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker was extinct. Then it wasn’t. The story of an uncertain resurrection.
Wells Tower Outside Mar 2006 20min Permalink
In Colorado and beyond, a negotiated surrender in the war on drugs.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Nov 2012 30min Permalink
He came home from Vietnam, wrote the novel that became Full Metal Jacket, was nominated for an Oscar and riding high. Then he got thrown in jail for stockpiling stolen library books, started drinking, cut off his friends and fled to a remote Greek island. He never made it back.
Grover Lewis LA Weekly Jun 1993 40min Permalink
The Syrian civil war crosses into Lebanon.
Mitchell Prothero Vice Nov 2012 10min Permalink
A profile of the late actor.
Harry Hurt III Texas Monthly Jun 2012 30min Permalink
In 1943, a young research scientist found a cure for TB. It should have been the proudest moment of Albert Schatz’s life, but ever since he has watched, helpless, as his mentor got all the credit.
Veronique Mistiaen The Guardian Nov 2002 15min Permalink
How a woman who couldn’t stop sleeping woke up.
Virginia Hughes The Last Word On Nothing Nov 2012 10min Permalink
Richard Gere, AIDS anxiety and the search for the “Original Gerbil.”
The story of a rookie clinging to his dream, as told by his uncle.
Charles Siebert New York Times Magazine Nov 2012 25min Permalink
On an affliction for the digital age, “Munchausen by internet.”
Cienna Madrid The Stranger Nov 2012 35min Permalink
The market for Hirst’s work is in a tailspin. Why?
Andrew Rice Businessweek Nov 2012 15min Permalink
A profile of Sir Dr. NakaMats, who claims to have invented over 3,000 things, including the floppy disk and karaoke machine.
Franz Lidz Smithsonian Dec 2012 1h Permalink
Looking for answers following a mysterious string of slayings and suicides at the base.
Maureen Orth Vanity Fair Dec 2002 40min Permalink
An oral history of the Dr. Dre album.
Ben Westhoff LA Weekly Nov 2012 Permalink
A profile of photographer Richard Avedon from early in his career.
Winthrop Sargeant New Yorker Nov 1958 35min Permalink
Life and death in an underground economy.
James Verini National Geographic Nov 2012 20min Permalink
Joshua Davis is a contributing editor at Wired and author of the new ebook John McAfee's Last Stand.
"This is a pretty unique situation [for me]. Never has a multimillionaire tech pioneer gone on the lam for a murder and called me from hiding. Yeah, this is a first."
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On the history of Nigerian penis theft.
Frank Bures Harper's Jun 2008 20min Permalink
A wide-ranging chat with the magazine editor.
Michael Kinsley New York Nov 2012 20min Permalink
Trevell Coleman wasn’t sure whether he’d killed a man. But after 17 years, he needed to find out.
Jennifer Gonnerman New York Nov 2012 20min Permalink
Elevators, online dating and the mind behind Super Mario Bros. — Paumgarten on Longform.
The Grateful Dead’s afterlife.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Nov 2012 50min Permalink
How a small group academics revealed an ancient order of opthamologists.
Noah Shachtman Wired Nov 2012 20min Permalink