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Alec Wilkinson

Science

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?

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Alec Wilkinson Esquire Aug 2018 25min Permalink

Crime

The Serial-Killer Detector

A former journalist, equipped with an algorithm and the largest collection of murder records in the country, finds patterns in crime.

Alec Wilkinson New Yorker Nov 2017 15min Permalink

Best Article Music

New York Is Killing Me

A profile of Gil-Scott Heron.

Alec Wilkinson New Yorker Aug 2010 25min Permalink

Crime Movies & TV

Death of a Dystopian

Conspiracy theorists think that the government killed the aspiring Libertarian filmmaker David Crowley to stop him from making his film about an authoritarian takeover of the United States and the vets who fight back. The truth is far stranger.

Alec Wilkinson New Yorker Mar 2017 25min Permalink

Arts

Something Borrowed

The adventures and controversies of the avant-garde poet Kenneth Goldsmith, who believes plagiarism is an art form.

Alec Wilkinson New Yorker Sep 2015 25min Permalink

Best Article Reprints Crime

A Hole in the Ground

Is a serial killer on the loose in Wellfleet? An investigation.

Alec Wilkinson New Yorker Jan 2000 30min Permalink