
In the Jungle
How legends of the American music industry made millions off the work of Solomon Linda, a Zulu tribesman who wrote “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and died a pauper.
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How legends of the American music industry made millions off the work of Solomon Linda, a Zulu tribesman who wrote “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and died a pauper.
Rian Malan Rolling Stone May 2000 45min Permalink
A first-hand account of San Francisco in the hours and days after the devastating 1906 earthquake.
Jack London Collier's May 1906 10min Permalink
A profile of Candy Barr—porn star pioneer, burlesque legend, Texas folk hero.
Gary Cartwright Texas Monthly Dec 1976 40min Permalink
“Let me state, in all frankness, that I have never harbored personal doubts or a lack of confidence. That may be good or it may be bad. But if you see your actions as objectively correct, then not having doubts is good. I must admit that pride may have influenced my attitudes from time to time. But once I came to a conclusion as to what was right, I had great personal confidence in those ideas.”
Jeffrey M. Elliot, Mervyn M. Dymally Playboy Aug 1985 1h Permalink
After two people are found dead in Yellowstone National Park, a team of investigators tracks down the unlikely culprit: a grizzly bear.
Jessica Grose Slate Apr 2012 40min Permalink
For 60 years, the weekly Evening Whirl attacked the drug lords, whoring preachers, and hypocritical bourgeoisie of St. Louis’ black community, sometimes in rhyming Iambic couplets.
Scott Eden The Believer Nov 2006 25min Permalink
Memories of Marilyn Monroe.
Truman Capote Music for Chameleons Jan 1980 20min Permalink
Mykal Riley’s last-second three-pointer kept thousands of fans out of the path of a tornado. Just as remarkable? That Riley was there to take the shot in the first place.
Thomas Lake Sports Illustrated Mar 2009 15min Permalink
A profile of Jimmy Connors on the eve of the 1978 U.S. Open. His legendary confidence, honed by his mother since childhood, was in free-fall. (He would go on to win the final in straight sets.)
Frank Deford Sports Illustrated Aug 1978 30min Permalink
Life on an oil rig in the Arctic.
Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Sep 2008 40min Permalink
The daily life of Saddam Hussein.
Mark Bowden The Atlantic May 2002 40min Permalink
Life after losing your partner.
Matt Zoller Seitz MZS Apr 2016 15min Permalink
A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback, this season’s likely MVP.
A report from the border of ISIS territory in Iraq, where civilians are battling to survive.
Luke Mogelson New Yorker Jan 2016 35min Permalink
“You read enough books in which people like you are disposable, or are dirt, or are silent, absent, or worthless, and it makes an impact on you. Because art makes the world, because it matters, because it makes us. Or breaks us.”
Rebecca Solnit Literary Hub Dec 2015 10min Permalink
Finding the thread of depression in the personal history of a friend’s suicide.
Andrew Solomon Yale Alumni Magazine Jul 2010 35min Permalink
“Since we live in an age in which silence is not only criminal but suicidal, I have been making as much noise as I can…”
On the campaign trail with Richard Nixon.
Gloria Steinem New York Oct 1968 45min Permalink
On the hanging of James Murphy, murderer.
Lafcadio Hearn The Cincinnati Commercial Aug 1876 20min Permalink
Why parties, love, kids, conversation and more are so miserable (at least to Phillip Lopate).
Phillip Lopate Ploughshares Apr 1986 30min Permalink