A Wild Week in Lagos
A trip to a modern African megacity.
A trip to a modern African megacity.
Josh Eells Men's Journal May 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of Bruce Springsteen.
David Remnick New Yorker Jul 2012 1h5min Permalink
A history of The New Yorker and its editors, from founder Harold Ross through Tina Brown.
William Stingone New York Public Library Jan 1996 15min Permalink
Contributing editors Gretchen Gavett and Elon Green pick ten stories read before the Games, on the Longform blog.
Police and scientists investigate an outbreak.
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Wired (UK) Aug 2012 15min Permalink
What became of Annie Moore, the first person to arrive on Ellis Island?
Jesse Green New York May 2010 15min Permalink
Three years after her gold-medal performance – and amidst rumors of a fall from grace – the author travels to Transylvania to track down gymnast Nadia Comaneci. He also enjoys several drinks with her coach, Bela Karolyi.
Part of our Olympics primer, on the Longform blog.
Bob Ottum Sports Illustrated Nov 1979 25min Permalink
An investigation into the global human tissue trade.
David Johnson’s unrequited correspondence with Jay-Z.
John Herrman Buzzfeed Jul 2012 10min Permalink
The story of the Norway massacre, as told by the survivors.
Sean Flynn GQ Aug 2012 40min Permalink
Greg Ousley killed his parents and has been locked up for nineteen years.
Is that enough?
Scott Anderson New York Times Magazine Jul 2012 15min Permalink
A chess prodigy vanishes.
Sarah Weinman The New York Observer Jul 2012 Permalink
The scientific case for brain preservation and mind uploading.
Evan R. Goldstein The Chronicle of Higher Education Jul 2012 20min Permalink
In mountainous Wenzhou “the emperor is far away” and the freest of markets reign.
Bradley Gardner Reason Dec 2011 15min Permalink
By day, Dan Brown runs the seafood counter at SuperFresh. By night, he does his life work: clearing, dressing, and sharing road-killed deer.
Hank Stuever Washington Post Dec 1999 10min Permalink
On the evening of November 7th 1974, the 7th Earl of Lucan, an inveterate gambler and Backgammon champion with a taste for power boats, snuck into his estranged wife’s basement. He then bludgeoned their nanny with a lead pipe and placed her in a canvas sack, before attempting to murder his wife. Recognizing his voice, she convinced him that she could him escape, then slipped out a bathroom window. Lord Lucan was never seen again.
Erwynn Umali, Will Behrens, and the first gay wedding on a military base.
Katherine Goldstein Slate Jul 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of the man behind the “7 Habits.”
Timothy K. Smith Fortune Dec 1994 20min Permalink
Meeting Nick Drake, London, 1970.
Brian Cullman The Paris Review Jul 2012 Permalink
How did the gambling magnate and prolific super PAC donor amass his billions?
Lowell Bergman, Matt Isaacs, Stephen Engelberg Frontline Jul 2012 20min Permalink
How a group of men with nicknames like “Emperor” and “Spear Carrier” tipped the balance in South Sudan’s fight for independence.
Rebecca Hamilton Reuters Jul 2012 20min Permalink
A profile of 6’8”, 430-pound Brian Shaw.
Burkhard Bilger New Yorker Jul 2012 40min Permalink
A personal history of “America’s most misunderstood religion.”
Walter Kirn The New Republic Jul 2012 25min Permalink
From video games to Chuck Lorre, traveling in Vietnam to the Loch Ness monster, Bissell’s stories on Longform.
Why people play violent video games.
Tom Bissell Grantland Jul 2012 15min Permalink