Top 5 Longreads of the Week: Sady Doyle, Rolling Stone, The Awl, Guernica, The Believer, plus fiction, and a guest pick from Jared Keller.
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“A Chat with Writer Jon Ronson.” —Elise Czajkowski, The Awl Stories by Ronson on Longreads
“Brad And Angie Go To Meet The African Pee Generator Girls.” —Sarah Miller, The Awl More from The Awl
Longreads Member Exclusive: The Junket, by Mike Albo
This week we’re thrilled to feature Mike Albo’s “The Junket” as our Longreads Member pick. Albo is the author of The Underminer and Hornito, and “The Junket” was recommended by Longreads managing editor Mike Dang, who writes: “I’ve never read a piece by Mike Albo that I didn’t like. He’s written for lots of glossies and […]
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week—featuring Slate, Gizmodo, The Awl, Two Serious Ladies, Time, fiction from The New Yorker, and a guest pick by Anna Hiatt.
Longreads Guest Pick: Michael Macher on 'Putin's Rasputin'
Michael is the associate publisher at The Awl network. “Earlier this week, Vladislav Surkov—also known by his nickname, the ‘gray cardinal’—resigned (i.e. was fired) from his position as a leading cabinet official in Medvedev’s government. As a character, Surkov is endlessly fascinating. On one hand he’s a ruthless political operator whose genius maneuvers have drawn […]
On Muppets & Merchandise: How Jim Henson Turned His Art into a Business
“He viewed money as energy, the energy that makes concrete things happen out of worthy ideas.”
