“Diary: Google Invades”—Rebecca Solnit, London Review of Books Quote found by Michael Kruse
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Our Top 5 Longreads of the Week—featuring The New Yorker, Esquire, Miami New Times, Columbia Magazine, New York magazine, and a guest pick by Greg Spielberg.
What's the Best Sentence You Read this Week?
We’re doing a little experiment with Branch today. Share what you loved reading this week…
Forever Young
A group of Hungarian game developers spent more than 20 years developing a game for the Commodore 64.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oLjAfGD39U Coming Tuesday on PBS: “Inside Obama’s Presidency.” We’ve teamed up with Frontline for a #longreads list of stories from Obama’s first term. Get the list here. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Longreads Member Exclusive: Let's Dance, by Sasha Frere-Jones
For this week’s Longreads Member pick, we’re thrilled to share “Let’s Dance,” Sasha Frere-Jones‘s 2010 New Yorker profile of LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. Frere-Jones writes: “When you begin writing a profile, your first worry is access. Does the subject talk in soundbites? Will he or she let you see anything that hasn’t been rehearsed? (‘Accidental’ meetings […]
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week—featuring The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Los Angeles Magazine, Smithsonian, fiction from The American Scholar and a guest pick from Marissa Evans.
Longreads Best of 2012: Michael Kruse
Michael Kruse, an award-winning staff writer at the Tampa Bay Times who also contributes to ESPN’s Grantland, this year gave a TEDx talk and had a story make the anthology Next Wave: America’s New Generation of Great Literary Journalists. 1. Chris Jones on the animals in Ohio. What a way to start: The horses knew first. And want […]
Longreads Best of 2012: Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald is managing editor of The Rumpus, co-founder of Pen & Ink, and uses Twitter. Disclaimer: I know many of the people on this list. One of the wonderful things / occupational hazards of working for a site like The Rumpus is that I’ve come to meet a lot of great writers. These stories stand on their own regardless. […]
Longreads Best of 2012: Justin Heckert
Justin Heckert is a writer living in Indianapolis. His work has recently been anthologized in the book Next Wave: America’s New Generation of Great Literary Journalists. Most Beautiful Story: “Never Let Go,” Kelley Benham, Tampa Bay Times Best Essay: Lisa Taddeo, “Why We Cheat,” Esquire Most Entertaining Profile: Jason Fagone, “Schoolly D is Living the American Dream,” Philadelphia […]
