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The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick

Herman Melville, circa 1860. Photo: Wikipedia In July of 1852, a 32-year-old novelist named Herman Melville had high hopes for his new novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, despite the book’s mixed…
PUBLISHED: March 1, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2311 words)

SIRI RISING: The Inside Story Of Siri's Origins -- And Why She Could Overshadow The iPhone

The world got its first inkling of the quick wit that would make Apple’s Siri an icon during a packed press conference held before an auditorium of tech elite. "Who are you?" an Apple executive asked…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 22, 2013
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5555 words)

Reading to remember from 2012

It is, of course, tremendously difficult to narrow down an entire year in the increasingly vast world of great narrative journalism into a Top 5 list, but I am a sucker for lists, so I did it again…
AUTHOR:zachcrizer
PUBLISHED: Dec. 18, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (583 words)

Tony Blair and the protesters who keep trying to arrest him for war crimes

Out for justice … Protesters calling for Tony Blair’s arrest for war crimes march outside Senate House in London, where Blair was thought to be delivering a lecture this week. Photograph: Sarah Lee…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 16, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2212 words)
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Death of the American Hobo

When walking through a city, or a suburb, or a section of forest, I feel an enormous sense of relief when I come upon a set of railroad tracks. It is as if the fears and doubts and anxieties of daily…
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6725 words)

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Maxim Interrogates the Makers and Stars of The Wire

We speak with the men and women who made one of the best TV shows of all time. Photos Courtesy of HBO | Licensed to Alpha Media Group 2012 Ten years ago this month, The Wire premiered on HBO…
AUTHOR:Marc Spitz
SOURCE:Maxim
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6656 words)
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