The Graduate
Elle Nov 2010
On navigating the New York media world as a young journalist.
S. Korea Covered Up Mass Abuse, Killings of 'Vagrants'
Associated Press Apr 2016
How the government cleared the streets in advance of the 1988 Olympics.
The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World’s Most Secretive Startup
Wired Apr 2016
In a nondescript office park in suburban Florida, a company you’ve never heard of is making a product that few people have ever seen. And it has $1.4 billion in funding.
The Rise and Fall of Rafael Palmeiro
Fox Sports Apr 2016
Rafael Palmeiro was a surefire Hall of Famer before a positive steroids test derailed everything. He retired a few months later, quietly sent home early by the team that had been planning to celebrate him. Next came depression and a $53 million business deal gone bust.
Previously: The Longform Guide to Sad Retired AthletesMonday, April 18
The Brilliant, Troubled Dorothy Parker
New York Review of Books Apr 2016
“The tragedy of Dorothy Parker, it seems to me, isn’t that she succumbed to alcoholism or died essentially alone. It was that she was too intelligent to believe that she had made the most of herself.”
The Longform Guide to Running
Champions, record-breakers, frauds, and underdogs — our favorite articles about runners.
Duel in the Sun
Runner's World Apr 2004
The neck-and-neck race that electrified the 1982 Boston Marathon.
Sunday, April 17
The Johnny and Tara Show Is the Main Event
SB Nation Apr 2016
Can Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski make the casual audience care about figure skating?
“The Shame Sticks to You Like Tar”
The Guardian Apr 2016
A conversation with Monica Lewinsky about bullying, humiliation, and resurrection.
Previously: Jon Ronson on the Longform Podcast and "Shame and Survival," Lewinsky's 2014 essay for Vanity Fair.Saturday, April 16
Is Empty Nose Syndrome Real? And If Not, Why Are People Killing Themselves Over It?
Buzzfeed Apr 2016
Patients say it feels like they’re drowning. Doctors say there’s nothing wrong. One thing is certain: medical professionals are finding they may not know as much about the nose as they’d thought.