Uniquely shaped Cheetos go for big bucks online, but is anyone really buying?
The Outline
Editor’s Roundtable: From WeEarth to The Aunt-o-Sphere (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Outline, and CrimeReads.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Anna Merlan, Sara Tatyana Bernstein, Connie Pertuz-Meza, and Emma Beddington.
Style Ain’t Cheap, aka That Stuffed Coyote Costs Extra
Going to a hotel to have a place to sleep is for suckers: it’s influencing or bust.
Prison: A Death Sentence by Poison
Nearly a third of all US federal prisons are located within three miles of a Superfund site; 134 are located within one mile.
Come for the Crullers, Stay for the Community
“It’s funny, how a seemingly soulless franchise started to feel like an old friend, once I spent enough time there.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, Brooke Bobb, Dom Cosentino, Jia Tolentino, and Robert Silverman.
The Man Who Painted the Cover of Jethro Tull’s ‘Aqualung’ Album Didn’t Get Paid What It’s Worth
Artists are always getting screwed, even by other artists.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Sloane Crosley, Jason Fagone, Bronwen Dickey, Heather Radke, and Kelly Conaboy.
My Dog is 10.3% Supermutt
Because she wants to know everything about him, Kelly Conaboy DNA-tests her rescue dog, Peter Parker.