Ah! Seven of ten flagged with Instapaper so I can process them with Readability and read them on my iPad later. Seriously, I love what Longform is doing raising the quality of stuff we read online. But then so much of my online reading is junk food, it's hard to integrate something like what they highlight.
Sorry, not sure how I missed that. Slightly different URL, it seems. Also sorry about the slight formatting glitch. posted by vidur at 3:50 PM on December 12, 2011
I remember reading the Grantland piece (The Greatest Paper That Ever Died). That was pretty much the moment I realized that Grantland was actually going to have some good stuff. Definitely worth a read. posted by Ghidorah at 4:15 PM on December 12, 2011
When I finally got around to looking at Instapaper, I went batshit insane for my iPad again. Thanks for putting this list out there. LF also has a twitter feed that I watch now for new articles. posted by jquinby at 4:17 PM on December 12, 2011
Thanks for alerting us. I enjoyed the 2010 version of this post a lot last year. posted by dragonplayer at 6:29 PM on December 12, 2011
David Grann is one of the best writers of this type of piece going around right now.
His Wikipedia page has links to all of his great pieces. If I can recommend Trial By Fire and Mysterious Circumstances.
As a journalist and writer - I enjoy Grann's pieces more than just about anything going around at the moment. And his book Lost City of Z is a great read too. posted by chris88 at 9:09 PM on December 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
Wow, I didn't realize that Grann had written so many of my favorite longform pieces. The Brand too? Well alright then! posted by X-Himy at 4:39 AM on December 13, 2011
Wow, I've spent hours at the public library reading most of these articles in their plastic-jacketed New Yorkers. All very memorable...unfortunately, reading A Murder Foretold has made me seriously question returning to Guatemala for some 2012 Mayan madness..
On the whole, this list needs some levity. posted by obscurator at 6:06 PM on December 13, 2011
That settles it. I will never get through my queue on Instapaper. Great list and great post! posted by Busy Old Fool at 9:46 AM on December 21, 2011
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There's 11–20, too.
posted by Nelson at 3:46 PM on December 12, 2011 [1 favorite]