Killer, Kleptocrat, Genius, Spy
The many myths of Vladimir Putin.
Keith Gessen
The War of the Words
A history of the war between Amazon and the book industry.
Why Not Kill Them All?
A dispatch from Donetsk.
The Book on Publishing
The decade-long journey of a novel–Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding–through the unpredictable world of book publishing.
To Russia With Love
"For 20 beautiful years, my homeland was open and (kind of) free. Now, I fear, it’s closing back up."
Previously: Keith Gessen on the Longform Podcast.
Cell Block Four
The rise and fall of the new oligarchs, who raided the Russian state. When Putin came to power most fled, but not Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “The other oligarchs, when they saw the fuzz, knew they should run. But Khodorkovsky forgot.”
Money
The economics of being a young writer.
Central Booking
A log of the 32 shitless hours that the author spent in the Tombs prison after being arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest.
