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Sam Jordan: In response to @Longreads' call for my top 5 #longreads of 2010

by Longreads November 29, 2010October 19, 2022

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  1. The Empty Chamber – The New Yorker
  2. The Hamster Wheel – Columbia Journalism Review
  3. The Raging Septuagenarian – New York MagazineNo Secrets

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  • The Great CyberHeist – The New York Times
  • George Lucas Stole Chewbacca – But It’s OK – Binary Bonsai
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