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Matthew Shaer

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 16, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Matthew Shaer, John Woodrow Cox, Bethany McLean, Robin Wright, and David Sedaris.

Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes

Chelsea Manning Stays in the Picture

by mlegro June 14, 2017March 29, 2023

The New York Times styles Manning for her first profile—but she’s already in charge of her own image.

Posted inHistory, Nonfiction, Quotes

How the Burning Brigade Broke Free

by michelleweber February 28, 2017October 19, 2022

In the village of Ponar, in present-day Lithuania, occupying Nazis shot nearly 100,000 people, then exhumed and burned the bodies in an effort to remove all traces of the atrocity. The prisoners forced to dig up and burn the bodies of their countrymen knew there was only one way to get out alive: escape.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Holocaust’s Great Escape

by michelleweber February 28, 2017October 19, 2022

A remarkable discovery in Lithuania — an escape tunnel from the Nazi killing site at Ponar — brings a legendary tale of survival back to life.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 3, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re highlighting stories by Luke Mogelson, David Frum, Matthew Shaer, Rahawa Haile, and Meghan Tear Plummer.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

A Brief History of PR Disasters By Abercrombie & Fitch

by mikedang February 13, 2014October 19, 2022

In many ways, Jeffries’s most impressive accomplishment was not the signature Abercrombie style but the signature Abercrombie attitude, with its bluntly brash appeal. As one former employee put it, “The only bad news was no news. Controversy was what you wanted.” Consequently, the list of PR disasters past and present is too lengthy to fully […]

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