Longform

  • Home
  • Best Articles
  • Podcast
  • Sections
    • Arts
    • Business
    • Crime
    • History
    • Politics
    • Science
    • Sex
    • Sports
    • Tech
    • World
    • All Sections
  • Collections
  • Reprints
  • Random Article
  • Lists

    • Best of 2020
    • Best of 2019
    • Best of 2018
    • Best of 2017
    • Best of 2016
    • Best of 2015
    • Best of 2014
    • Best of 2013
    • Best of 2012
  • Archive

    • Publications
    • Writers
    • Tags
  • More

    • Newsletter
    • Suggest Article
    • About
    • Contact
    • Advertise
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • RSS Feed

Get our Newsletter

Great articles, every Saturday.

Writers

Jonathan Van Meter

Movies & TV

Oprah Winfrey Is On a Roll (Again)

An ode.

Jonathan Van Meter Vogue Aug 2017 15min Permalink

Arts

Joan Rivers Always Knew She Was Funny

“People always ask Rivers why she doesn’t just retire, enjoy her old age. ‘But they don’t get that I love it,’ she says. ‘All I ever wanted was this. I’m lucky, you idiots.’”

Jonathan Van Meter New York May 2010 25min Permalink

Arts

Joan Rivers Always Knew She Was Funny

A profile of the comedian.

Jonathan Van Meter New York May 2010 25min Permalink

Politics

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin’s Post-Scandal Playbook

The private life of a disgraced former congressman.

Jonathan Van Meter New York Times Magazine Apr 2013 25min Permalink

Madam Would-Be Mayor

A profile of Christine Quinn, odds-on favorite to be the next mayor of New York City.

Jonathan Van Meter New York Jan 2013 30min Permalink

Waiting in the Wings

A profile of Chelsea Clinton.

Jonathan Van Meter Vogue Sep 2012 25min Permalink