The Minor Regional Novelist
A profile of Pulitzer Prize- and Oscar-winning author Larry McMurtry.
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How Beeple Crashed the Art World
Making sense of a $69 million NFT.
The Baby in the Plastic Bag
One frosty October morning in 1991, a newborn baby boy is found inside a plastic bag in an Oslo graveyard. This is his story, in nine parts.
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The Longform Guide to Rich Kids
Paris Hilton, Princeton phonies, and the prince who blew through billions—a collection of articles on young money.
The Longform Guide to Cruises
A collection of stories about celebrity, debauchery and tragedy on the open seas.</p>
Are You Sure You Want To Quit The World?
Li Dao, a young Minnesota nurse, appeared in suicide chat rooms, contacted the most desperate, and made pacts to die with them via webcam. After some in the forum caught on, Dao disappeared; or rather, Dao had never existed at all. She was a middle-aged man. And he may have encouraged and witnessed dozens of live suicides.
The Great Swiss Bank Heist
Hervé Falciani, a computer engineer working at HSBC, stole the bank’s list of secret accounts. But was he out to expose tax cheats or get rich himself? Perhaps both.
Losing It in the Anti-Dieting Age
The agonies of being overweight—or running a diet company—in a culture that likes to pretend it only cares about health, not size.
The Most Popular Articles in the New Longform App
Have you tried the new (totally free!) Longform app yet? It's only been out for a few days and already tens of thousands of readers are using it to find great articles. Here are the top five stories they've been reading:
The Murderer, the Writer, the Reckoning
An essay from inside Sing Sing.
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The Mogul Who Made Justin Bieber
A profile of Scooter Braun.
"The Best TV Show That's Ever Been"
An oral history of Cheers.
A Woman Entering a Taxi in the Rain
A profile of photographer Richard Avedon from early in his career.
The Flying Tomato Would Rather You Not Call Him That Anymore
A profile of Shaun White.
The General
An Israeli journalist’s six years of conversation with Ariel Sharon, who died Saturday.
That Chop on the Upbeat
Investigating ska’s moment of conception.
The Thin Man
A profile of Steve Buscemi.
The Revolutionary
A profile of Hugo Chávez, two years into his presidency.
The Educational Lottery
How American higher education became a summer camp doubling as a debt factory.
Greening the Ghetto
A profile of environmental activist Van Jones.
Lost at the Chateau Marmont
A profile of director Sofia Coppola.
The Nazi Underground
Treasure hunters still scour Lower Silesia in search of legendary wartime riches.
The 1995 Chicago Heat Wave: An Oral History
Memories of a scorching three days that left 739 dead.
The White Darkness
How a solitary trek across Antarctica became a singular test of character.
Show the Monster
A profile of director Guillermo del Toro.
