Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston
Christianity formed my deepest instincts, and I have been walking away from it for half my life.
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Outside Voices
On life in New York with an impossible neighbor named Jared.
Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means
The roots musician is inspired by the evolving legacy of the black string band.
The Unmothered
On losing your mom.
Tracy Morgan Turns the Drama of His Life Into Comedy
A profile of the actor following a car accident that left him briefly in a coma and ultimately with a settlement so large he never has to work again.
Michael Cohen’s Last Days of Freedom
The President’s former lawyer, and the fall guy in his web of misconduct, looks like a victim as well as a perpetrator.
Covering the Cops
A profile of Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter for the Miami Herald during its heyday.
The Descent of Man
Skiing and partying at the sport’s most dangerous race.
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
The psychology behind our limitations of reason.
Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You're Overreacting to Donald Trump
An interview with the novelist.
The Rise and Fall of a New York Shock Jock
How Craig Carton, a morning host on WFAN, ended up running a Ponzi scheme.
The Woman Who Has Styled Justin Bieber, Anita Hill, and the iPod
A profile of a dresser of celebrities.
The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs
Millions of Americans have taken antidepressants for many years. What happens when it’s time to stop?
The Day the Dinosaurs Died
A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.
Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast
The state loses a football field’s worth of land every hour and a half. Now engineers are in a race to prevent it from sinking into oblivion.
Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun
Does the ubiquitous dance troupe really present five thousand years of civilization reborn?
Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
People who are short on relatives can hire a husband, a mother, a grandson. The resulting relationships can be more real than you’d expect.
This article, which was #1 on Longform’s top articles of 2018 list, just won the National Magazine Award for feature writing. Hear Batuman discuss it on the Longform Podcast.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Color and Light"
Two brothers interact with a peculiar visitor.
Bill Hader Kills
A profile of the director and actor.
The Chef Making Japan's Most Elaborate Cuisine Her Own
How Niki Nakayama’s kaiseki restaurant became a highly coveted reservation in L.A.
The Making of the Fox News White House
Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?
The Robot Caravan
How can you know if you’re about to get replaced by an invading algorithm or an augmented immigrant? “If your job can be easily explained, it can be automated,” Anders Sandberg, of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, tells Oppenheimer. “If it can’t, it won’t.” (Rotten luck for people whose job description is “Predict the future.”)
A Murder Foretold
Rodrigo Rosenberg, a highly respected corporate attorney in Guatemala, began, in the spring of 2009, to prophesy his own murder. The unraveling of a political conspiracy.
Ghosts in the House
A profile of Toni Morrison.
Private Mossad for Hire
Inside a plot to influence American elections, starting with one small-town race.
