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So You Want to Be A #Longreads Superstar

2002 “Coolest Celeb Closet” Cribs Awards Winner Mariah Carey (click to enlarge)If you watch Cribs,  it’s easy to see how Bissinger might think being a best-selling author…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (707 words)

For Amusement Only: the life and death of the American arcade

Previous Story What's your backup setup? - Verge Forums If you’ve never been inside a “real” arcade, it could be hard to distinguish one from say, oh, a Dave &…
AUTHOR:Laura June
SOURCE:The Verge
PUBLISHED: Jan. 16, 2013
LENGTH: 1 minutes (440 words)

Big Cannabis: Growing the Next Great American Industry

For entrepreneur Troy Dayton, providing basic services like insurance and capital management amounts to revolutionary business. The support his firm ArcView supplies might sound standard, but the…
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3129 words)

Longreads I Loved in 2012

This year, in particular the last few months of this year, marked me beginning to take longform nonfiction writing seriously. This meant not only trying to write it, but reading it, taking more…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (700 words)

The Top 10 Longreads of 2012

9. The Semplica-Girl Diaries George Saunders | The New Yorker | October 8, 2012 | 35 minutes (8,979 words) A father uses his lottery winnings for an extravagant birthday party for his teenage…
LENGTH: 1 minutes (283 words)

Meet The Entrepreneur Behind The Apocalypse's Must-Have Accessory

Somewhere in Arizona, a man I have known for less than 24 hours is teaching me how to kill a human being with a shovel. Or, should I say, a special customized shovel whose left edge is an axe blade.…
SOURCE:BuzzFeed
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5711 words)

Shots Heard 'Round the World: The 3D-Printed Gun Revolution Begins

If 24-year-old University of Texas law student and part-time revolutionary Cody Wilson has his way, every human being in the United States, whether old or young, licensed or unlicensed, will soon be…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2200 words)

After Sandy: A New Orleans Artist Reflects on Katrina, Disasters, and Recovery

Muffin Bernstein, “Mississippi Oil” (2011) (All images courtesy the artist)NEW ORLEANS — Watching images of Sandy being released brings out so many emotions for me. Reading that…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1711 words)

The Mystery Man Behind the Most Disturbing Internet Meme in History

Sometime in the late 20th century a naked man bent over, spread his ass and took a picture. Eventually that picture, known as Goatse, became one of the most venerable memes in internet history. Who…
SOURCE:gawker.com
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4056 words)
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