The Man Who Never Was
Todd Marinovich was engineered from birth to be the greatest quarterback of all time. He ended up doing heroin in the locker room. A 2010 National Magazine Award winner, reprinted on Longform.
Esquire
Roger Ebert: The Essential Man
A profile of the film critic.
The Things That Carried Him
Following fallen soldier Joe Montgomery from field to grave.
The Falling Man
In the days after 9/11, a photo of an unknown man falling from the South Tower appeared in publications across the globe. This is the story of that photograph, and of the search to find the man pictured in it.
Inside the Twisted, Worldwide Hunt for a $7 Million Stolen Car
Joe Ford, car detective, searches the world for stolen rare automobiles on the black market.
Pet Project
Can a college sophomore turn WeRateDogs into a puppers empire?
The Perfect Fire
It started with a candle in an abandoned warehouse. It ended with temperatures above 3,000 degrees and the men of the Worcester Fire Department in a fight for their lives.
The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s' Most Decadent College
Bennington College in the 1980s was a hothouse of sex, drugs, and future literary stars—among them, Donna Tartt, Bret Easton Ellis, and Jonathan Lethem. Return to a campus and an era like no other.
Superman Comes to the Supermarket
On JFK and the 1960 Democratic National Convention.
The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy
On the 1998 crash of Swissair Fight 111 into the sea off a small Nova Scotia fishing village.
How to Cool It
An interview with James Baldwin on race in America.
Steadfast, Honest, and True
A profile of Bruce Springsteen.
The American Man at Age Ten
A profile of a suburban New Jersey fifth-grader named Colin Duffy.
Chardon, Ohio
Life in a small town, six years after a school shooting.
“Oh My God—We Hit a Little Girl”
The true story of M Company: from Fort Dix to Vietnam in 50 days.
He Might Be a Prophet. That, or the Greatest Chef in the World.
A profile of Ferran Adriá.
Devin Nunes’s Family Farm Is Hiding a Politically Explosive Secret
Paranoia and hypocrisy in America’s heartland.
What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?
Ted Williams grows old.
All Rise
How Viagra went from a medical mistake to a $3 billion industry.
The Water Crises Aren’t Coming—They’re Here
The symptoms are here: multiyear droughts, large-scale crop failures, a major city—Cape Town—on the verge of going dry, increasing outbreaks of violence, fears of full-scale water wars. The big question: How do we keep the water flowing?
Can You Say..."Hero"?
A profile of Mister Rogers.
The Friend
When the author’s wife was dying, his best friend moved in.
Why Does Roger Ailes Hate America?
A profile of the chairman of Fox News.
The Delay
After an 11-year-old Navajo girl was kidnapped, her family and friends sprang into action to find her. Why did it take so long for law enforcement to join them?
The Silent Season of a Hero
The complicated post-retirement life of Joe DiMaggio.
