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WTF? Inside the launch of Buzzfeed UK

On a freezing Monday afternoon in central London, the brains behind Buzzfeed are discussing the delicate science of making cute lists of animal pictures go viral. "Cats do better than dogs," says Ben…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (896 words)

Obama’s Way

To understand how air-force navigator Tyler Stark ended up in a thornbush in the Libyan desert in March 2011, one must understand what it’s like to be president of the United States—and this…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 54 minutes (13684 words)
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The Electric Typewriter

A Tetw reading list The Blind Man Who Learned To See by Michael Finkel - A fascinating profile of a man who is helping other blind people to see using echolocation. Mixed Feelings by…

The Caging of America

Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags. Photograph by Steve Liss.
PUBLISHED: Jan. 30, 2012
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5481 words)

Los Angeles L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.

By Jeff Weiss published: January 19, 2012 Photo by Paul Ferrara/copyright DMC PHOTO COURTESY OF ELEKTRA RECORDS Click here for "L.A. Woman: Track List,"
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3156 words)

The best overall long-form articles published this year.

This week we’ve been sharing our favorite articles of the year on Slate. This is the final installment, our overall top 10 stories of the year. For our full list—including the top 10…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 30, 2011
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1008 words)

'Guilt is my subject. I've taken research to an extreme degree'

Nicholas Evans is a celebrated storyteller, and the story he tells me is a cracker. A man and his wife go to stay with her brother and sister-in-law, a titled couple who live on a beautiful estate…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 13, 2011
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2389 words)
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The Top Five Longreads of 2011 (So Far) « Books I Read

I am a huge fan of Longreads. I am a yearly subscriber and often use the #longreads tag on Twitter and Facebook to point out superb longform articles. At the end of last year, I published a…
PUBLISHED: July 1, 2011
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1574 words)

Pat Dollard’s War on Hollywood

His mother again moved the family, but Dollard’s father found them. Dollard was in first grade, a scholarship student at a Catholic elementary school, when his dad took a job parking cars…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1457 words)
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