What Happened to Abbey's Mom
The story of Nicole Davis, a 25-year-old woman diagnosed with breast cancer six months into her pregnancy.
The story of Nicole Davis, a 25-year-old woman diagnosed with breast cancer six months into her pregnancy.
Megan Feldman 5280 Aug 2011 25min Permalink
A painter’s dogged, doomed pursuit of the perfect $100 bill.
David Wolman Wired May 2012 20min Permalink
The search for a missing ultramarathoner in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, and the life that lead him there.
Barry Bearak New York Times May 2012 25min Permalink
Portraits from weed country.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus Harper's Dec 2009 Permalink
A summer as a whorehouse Madame.
Michael Merriam n+1 May 2012 15min Permalink
A profile of singer-songwriter Will Oldham.
He has settled into character as an uncanny troubadour, singing a sort of transfigured country music, and he has become, in his own subterranean way, a canonical figure. Johnny Cash covered him, Björk has championed him (she invited him to appear on the soundtrack of “Drawing Restraint 9”), and Madonna, he suspects, has quoted him (her song “Let It Will Be” seems to borrow from his “O Let It Be,” though he says, “I’m fully prepared to accept that it’s a coincidence”).
Kelefa Sanneh New Yorker Jan 2009 20min Permalink
An essay on the “history, meaning and practice of suicide, from third-century Christian death cults to the Aurora Bridge.”
Brendan Kiley The Stranger May 2010 25min Permalink
The author reflects on his mayoral run with Norman Mailer against John Lindsay.
At the bar one night a couple of weeks after the primary, I looked up from a drink and saw my face and Norman's face floating across the screen on the NBC First Tuesday show. It is a network thing, and they did a 20-minute look at our campaign. The show reinforced my opinion that Norman and I had some of the most terrific lows in the history of anything that ever took place in this city. And, perhaps, a couple of highs that could be recognized as time passes a bit. Like maybe colleges for years will be using the things Norman Mailer was saying out in the streets.
Jimmy Breslin New York Jul 1969 25min Permalink
A profile of former Bosnia Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, whose war crimes trial began, and was abruptly suspended, this week.
Robert Block The New York Review of Books Oct 1995 20min Permalink
A posthumous profile of Whitney Houston.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair Jun 2012 35min Permalink
How Chief Justice John Roberts pulled off Citizens United.
Jeffrey Toobin New Yorker May 2012 40min Permalink
On the perils and poisons of mining for gold in southeastern Peru.
“I didn’t realize who my father was. So it didn’t make a whole lot of difference. I wasn’t there believing that I was receiving genius from on high. My father was my father.”
Alexandra Jaffe The Hairpin May 2012 10min Permalink
For a half-century fires have burned under Centralia, PA.
Kevin Krajick Smithsonian May 2005 1h30min Permalink
In a speech that’s getting a bit of flak for recycling some of his past lines, the stage- and screenwriter says it’s okay to make mistakes along the way:
And make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You're barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they're a-coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
Aaron Sorkin Syracuse University May 2012 10min Permalink
On the final two holdouts in Treece, Kansas, a former mining town that is soon to be wiped off the maps.
Wes Enzinna New York Times Magazine May 2012 15min Permalink
“Being Justin Bieber means having an endless number of T-shirts to destroy.” A profile of the pop star just after his 18th birthday.
Drew Magary GQ May 2012 15min Permalink
Carlos De Luna, convicted of murdering gas station clerk Wanda Lopez, was executed in 1989. But was another man named Carlos actually guilty of the crime?
Maurice Possley, Steve Mills The Chicago Tribune Jun 2006 35min Permalink
The autopsy of a once-dominant site.
A Kenyan runner loses himself in Alaska.
Seth Wickersham ESPN May 2012 20min Permalink
How one company is rethinking the business of sex toys.
Andy Isaacson The Atlantic May 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of Jamie Dimon as he became CEO of JP Morgan Chase.
Shawn Tully Fortune Mar 2006 15min Permalink
Remembering Patrice O’Neal.
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc New York May 2012 25min Permalink
How a convicted sexual predator emptied the bank accounts and ruined the lives of several women from behind bars.
Caleb Hannan Seattle Weekly Jan 2011 Permalink
The story of Southern Flight 242.
Eddie Burkhalter The Anniston Star May 2012 20min Permalink