Hell—Nothing Less—And Without End: Six Days in Warsaw

An excerpt from A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising, by Miron Białoszewski, as recommended by Longreads contributing editor Dana Snitzky. Originally published in Poland in 1970, in this new edition translator Madeline G. Levine has updated her 1977 English translation, and passages that were unpublishable in Communist Poland have been restored.

Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 26, 2015
Length: 40 minutes (10,141 words)

The 24 Hours That (Maybe) Sank Chris Christie

The door is rapidly closing on Chris Christie’s chances as a presidential hopeful. Katz looks at what Bridgegate, Donald Trump, and the Dallas Cowboys have to do with it.

Author: Matt Katz
Source: Politico
Published: Oct 26, 2015
Length: 24 minutes (6,006 words)

Strange Magic: Four Stories About Disney’s Dark Side

Revisit Disney through the eyes of these authors and see the good, the bad, and the creepy.

Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 25, 2015

The Possibilities of the Personal

Leslie Jamison’s speech on writing about personal experiences. “If you honor the complexity of your own life—if you grant us entry into moments that hold shame or hurt or heat, and if you’re willing to follow that heat, to feel out where all the small fires burn, then your readers will trust you.”

Published: Oct 23, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,600 words)

The Tragic Tale of Mt. Everest’s Most Famous Dead Body

The first in a two-part series about the bodies that remain on Mount Everest.

Source: BBC
Published: Oct 8, 2015
Length: 22 minutes (5,510 words)

Sex, Drugs, And V-Neck Tees: Inside The Cult Of American Apparel

A look at the defenders of former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney, who was fired from the company last year and was the target of several sexual harassment lawsuits.

Source: Refinery 29
Published: Oct 20, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,277 words)

My Writing Education: A Time Line

Why do our writing teachers have such a huge impact on us? George Saunders on early lessons learned.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Oct 23, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,201 words)

Utter Neutrality

On working as a sign language interpreter for the defendant in a murder case.

Published: Oct 2, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1,940 words)

Haunted by Hackers: A Suburban Family’s Digital Ghost Story

A couple is terrorized by hackers over the course of three years.

Source: Fusion
Published: Oct 19, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,578 words)

They Found Love, Then They Found Gender

A story of love and transitioning.

Source: Matter
Published: Oct 22, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,953 words)