Alex Gibney’s much-talked about new documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief—based on Lawrence Wright’s similarly titled 2013 exposé—has been making headlines since it made its Sundance debut in January. It opened on limited screens across the country last Friday and will premiere on HBO in two weeks. In the meantime, the Church of […]
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The Wandering Years
Thoughts, observations, and reflections from the travel journals of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, The New York Review of Books, ProPublica, Texas Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, and Adult Magazine.
Alexander Woollcott and Harpo Marx: A Love Story
“Our friendship was a lifeÂlong game of ‘Who Am I?’ It was frustrating, exasperating, and sometimes downright silly, but it was a good, rewarding game.”
New York Magazine's Jessica Pressler: My Top 5 Longreads of 2011
Jessica Pressler is a writer for New York Magazine. See her recent stories here. (Pictured above, inexplicably, with New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in 2010.) *** Ok, so: There are no New York magazine articles in this Top Five, because I work there, and letting them in would clog up the list and might make […]
The Top 10 Longreads of 2011
I should preface this by saying I didn’t plan to do a list, because all of your Top 5 Longreads of 2011 really represent what the Longreads community is all about. But, in true WWIC form, I couldn’t resist. Thank you for an incredible year. Special thanks to the entire Longreads team: Joyce King Thomas, Kjell Reigstad, Hakan Bakkalbasi and […]

