Celebrity interviews are often riddled with softball questions and tightly controlled by publicists. Kim Kardashian West’s full-time job is getting the public interested in her personal life, which means she doesn’t hold back in this interview with GQ.
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Judging Books By Their Covers
Jason Diamond analyzes his obsession with Vintage Contemporaries paperbacks from the 80s.
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Judging Books By Their Covers
Jason Diamond analyzes his obsession with Vintage Contemporaries paperbacks from the 80s.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, as chosen by the editorial team at Longreads.
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Truther Love
Uncovering the dating habits of conspiracy theorists and the challenges they face.
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Truther Love
Uncovering the dating habits of conspiracy theorists and the challenges they face.
Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Chuck Klosterman on the Success of Taylor Swift, and the Word ‘Calculating’
If you don’t take Swift seriously, you don’t take contemporary music seriously. With the (arguable) exceptions of Kanye West and Beyoncé Knowles, she is the most significant pop artist of the modern age. The scale of her commercial supremacy defies parallel—she’s sold 1 million albums in a week three times, during an era when most […]
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Kanye West: A Brand-New Ye
“I just want to do crazy, colorful shit like that that has more nudity.” An interview with Kanye West.
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Dave Chappelle Is Back (This Time We’re 100% Sure It’s Maybe Totally for Real)
An interview with the comedian, who is back in the business after a long sabbatical. Things discussed: Kanye’s surprise performance at one of Chappelle’s shows, Rob Ford, mean critics, what it’d be like to hang out with Chappelle at a BBQ.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our story picks of the week, featuring Rolling Stone, The New Republic, GQ, Hazlitt, and Jezebel.
