Inspired by this Hunter S Thompson classic posted by @[email protected], what articles do you consider to be “Longreads Classics”?
A few of my favorites:
- Gay Talese, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold”, Esquire (1966). The article that has spawned a whole host of long reads about the article, as well as an episode of This American Life
- David Foster Wallace, “Consider the Lobster”, Gourmet (1994) and “Roger Federer as Religious Experience”, New York Times (2006)
- Ron Rosenbaum, “Secrets of the Little Blue Box”, Esquire (1971)
- John Krakauer, “Death of an Innocent”, Outside (1993), and “Into Thin Air”, Outside (1996)
- Sheri Fink, “The Deadly Choices at Memorial”, Propublica (2009)
Just a small sample to get a conversation started. What are your all-time classics / faves?
Also, Kevin Kelly’s list is great! https://kk.org/cooltools/best-magazine-articles-ever/
Raising the Dead (Zimmermann, 2005) is one of my absolute favourites.
A breath-taking story! No pun intended. Really well written.