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The Sunday Long Read The very best longform journalism, chosen every Sunday by vannatta
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Jessica Contrera and Jenn Abelson’s report on an alleged crime and the pursuit of justice in small-town West Virginia is...
20/11/2024

Jessica Contrera and Jenn Abelson’s report on an alleged crime and the pursuit of justice in small-town West Virginia is difficult to read—and even harder to put down.

Full story: https://wapo.st/4fxOGpg
✏️: Jessica Contrera & Jenn Abelson
📸: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post

Outdoor photography was strictly prohibited during the German Occupation of France, so who captured an album’s worth of ...
19/11/2024

Outdoor photography was strictly prohibited during the German Occupation of France, so who captured an album’s worth of stunning photos documenting life in the haunted streets that mysteriously popped up at a flea market in 2020?

It would take another four years of sleuthing to find out.

Full story: https://n.pr/3YOUkwe
✏️: Eleanor Beardsley & Nick Spicer
📸: From the private collection of Stéphanie Colaux and Stéphane Jaegle

☀️ An investigation two years in the making produces a captivating recounting of Uyghur refugees’ attempt to flee Chin...
19/11/2024

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An investigation two years in the making produces a captivating recounting of Uyghur refugees’ attempt to flee China, marked by near constant drama set against geopolitical debates and betrayal. For many, the fight for freedom is still ongoing.

Full story: https://nyti.ms/3APNn6b
✏️: Nyrola Elimä & Ben Mauk
📸: Sabiha Çimen/Magnum, for The New York Times

We’ve now promoted close to 10,000 (!) outstanding pieces of reporting and writing. However, over the last decade, the j...
18/11/2024

We’ve now promoted close to 10,000 (!) outstanding pieces of reporting and writing. However, over the last decade, the journalism landscape around us has evolved tremendously, and not for the better. That’s what we can’t help but reflect on today…

Don Van Natta Jr. and Jacob Feldman reflect on the state of longform journalism after a decade of curating the best stories, and discuss the future of the Sunday Long Read.

The SLR turns 10! ☀️ 🎉 This week, we're celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the tweet that started this passion proje...
18/11/2024

The SLR turns 10! ☀️ 🎉

This week, we're celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the tweet that started this passion project way back in November 2014. We want to thank you for coming along on this journey and here's to our next 10 years!

☀️ "If the election is decided by the morning of November 6, I will not be at my desk, because I will be curled up on ...
16/11/2024

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"If the election is decided by the morning of November 6, I will not be at my desk, because I will be curled up on the floor weeping. I am not sure whether my tears will be tears of joy or tears of terror, but they are almost guaranteed to flow, and therefore, I will not be at my desk. Maybe I will be under my desk, but I definitely won’t be at it.”

Thank you for your email. This is an automated response to let you know that I will be away from my desk on Wednesday, November 6. As you may be aw...

A quarter-century ago this autumn, New York Review Books Classics published its first 10 books, under the savvy leadersh...
16/11/2024

A quarter-century ago this autumn, New York Review Books Classics published its first 10 books, under the savvy leadership of its founder and longtime editor Edwin Frank. A trio of Publishers Weekly curators scoured the hundreds of books on the NYRB Classics backlist to offer up these 25 can’t-miss books, and one more for good measure.

In honor of the 25th anniversary of New York Review Books Classics, we've selected 25 gems that the publisher has unearthed during its quarter century on earth—plus one from this year, for good measure.

Prolific New York magazine writer (and SLR contributing editor) William Leitch ran the New York City Marathon last Sunda...
15/11/2024

Prolific New York magazine writer (and SLR contributing editor) William Leitch ran the New York City Marathon last Sunday with nothing to help him endure it except “something basic and elemental: human beings supporting other human beings, simply because they are other human beings.”

Enjoy: https://nym.ag/3YKJ9Vj
✏️: Will Leitch
📸: Marathon Foto

A profile is revealing, often riveting, when the author manages to claw an elemental or emotional truth out of her subje...
15/11/2024

A profile is revealing, often riveting, when the author manages to claw an elemental or emotional truth out of her subject—an even taller task when that subject is as closed-up and on-guard as Richard Gadd.

And yet… this Hayley Campbell portrait of the man who poured everything into Netflix’s worldwide sensation “Baby Reindeer” is a triumph.

Dive in: https://bit.ly/3UODc8F
✏️: Hayley Campbell
📸: Keir Laird

H-E-B is a grocery giant in Texas. Its acts of kindness and community-building efforts, often done far from the relentle...
15/11/2024

H-E-B is a grocery giant in Texas. Its acts of kindness and community-building efforts, often done far from the relentless self-promoting megaphone of social media, has turned the chain into the most beloved company in Texas.

Read: https://bit.ly/3Ay2PUr
✏️: Michael J. Mooney
📸: Chris Gash

In riveting, moment-by-moment prose, Jared Sullivan takes us back to the December 2008 night when a coal ash disaster bu...
14/11/2024

In riveting, moment-by-moment prose, Jared Sullivan takes us back to the December 2008 night when a coal ash disaster bulldozed a Tennessee town named Kingston—one of the worst environmental disasters in American history.

Full story: https://bit.ly/3YLMaEY
✏️: Jared Sullivan
📸: Courtesy of Appalachian Voices/Dot Griffith

On the morning of Oct. 7, amid Hamas' attack, an Israeli college student shared a few inflammatory, viral pro-Palestine ...
14/11/2024

On the morning of Oct. 7, amid Hamas' attack, an Israeli college student shared a few inflammatory, viral pro-Palestine messages to her Instagram stories feed.

They were automatically deleted 24 hours later, but the repercussions played out over months once she was indicted for “incitement to terrorism."

Full story: https://nyti.ms/3Z2AgaQ
✏️: Jesse Barron
📸: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times

When he took office, Joe Biden vowed to close for-profit immigrant detention centers, on the logic that “no business sho...
14/11/2024

When he took office, Joe Biden vowed to close for-profit immigrant detention centers, on the logic that “no business should profit from the suffering of desperate people fleeing violence.” And yet, the US now concentrates more of its immigrant detainees than ever in those private facilities.

Monte Reel and Sinduja Rangarajan focus their attention on a former prison in Louisiana that has become the state’s largest immigrant detention center, where those inside continue to fight for their freedom.

Full story: https://bloom.bg/4et3yEd
✏️: Monte Reel & Sinduja Rangarajan
📸: Wayan Barre/Bloomberg

SLR True Crime Spotlight 🔦 A mother killed her three young children. She pleaded insanity, citing severe postpartum ment...
13/11/2024

SLR True Crime Spotlight 🔦
A mother killed her three young children. She pleaded insanity, citing severe postpartum mental health problems that triggered psychosis. Prosecutors allege it was premeditated murder.

Eren Orbey presents the perspective of her husband, who balances grief and compassion as he navigates an unimaginable tragedy.

Check it out: https://bit.ly/3UL1ekS
✏️: Eren Orbey
📸: Sarah Blesener for The New Yorker

☀️ The great Ruby Cramer sets out to write about the epidemic of road rage sweeping America. She comes back with a ser...
13/11/2024

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The great Ruby Cramer sets out to write about the epidemic of road rage sweeping America. She comes back with a series of vignettes not about anger but about empathy. Understanding. And the power of a story.

Full story: https://wapo.st/4fHhv2j
✏️: Ruby Cramer
📸: Eli Durst for The Washington Post

☀️ We have a rule that serves us pretty well here at the SLR: Read everything Kim Cross writes. Full story: https://bi...
13/11/2024

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We have a rule that serves us pretty well here at the SLR: Read everything Kim Cross writes.

Full story: https://bit.ly/3YYFR27
✏️: Kim Cross
📸: Djamila Grossman

SLR Syllabus: After the Election ☀️ 🗳️ A million and one questions emerge from every Presidential election. On short dea...
12/11/2024

SLR Syllabus: After the Election ☀️ 🗳️

A million and one questions emerge from every Presidential election. On short deadlines (and even less rest), our best political reporters tackled some of the most pressing queries, finding memorable details and meaningful stats rather than resorting to TV blather.

Find all the best post-election stories: https://bit.ly/4hBpdga

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Can Americans come together now? (don't bet on it) Catch up on the SLR Syllabus: After the Election ☀️ https://bit.ly/4hBpdga

We have a special double-issue today, including a bunch of hand-picked stories that helped us understand this week's election results (and prepare for what might come next), as well as several other outstanding pieces for those who might want a respite from national political coverage. If you're looking to feel better informed and better connected, you've come to the right place! ☀️

David Sirota gathered a pile of worthwhile journalism for this week's SLR. ☀️ 👏 Check it out: https://bit.ly/3YH1a8j

Friend of the SLR Joe Sexton returns to the fold with a hair-raising original story about a morning two years ago in Palm Beach, when a pilot went unconscious at 10,000 feet. Neither of the passengers had ever flown a plane. For them to survive, it would take a miracle. Or two. https://bit.ly/4dYbZXT

#SundayToon "Space Icks" @sparaboom roams about the universe with cheap ballpoint pens and overpriced Moleskines.

This November, the SLR turns 10!☀️ To celebrate, we’re inviting back 10 of our favorite guest editors, starting with the one and only Peter King. Check it out at the link in our bio 🔗

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Lots of great reading in this week’s newsletter! Link in bio 🔗

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In one of my most anticipated media launches of the year (well, technically a re-launch), Bloomberg Businessweek went monthly in June. Its new editor, Brad Stone, talked to Nieman Lab about how there’s “a real need for a distraction-free, lean-back news product” and why print is the ultimate version of that (he’s right, and I predict we’ll see a resurgence). His team is off to a strong start, with a longer production cycle that allows them to pursue bigger trend and agenda-setting pieces over fast-paced analysis. There’s nobody better for that than Amanda Mull, here with her first feature for the magazine. Full story: https://bloom.bg/4fxYzDN ✏️: Amanda Mull 📸: Saratta Chuengsatiansup for Bloomberg Businessweek

Any true crime lovers out there? We have something just for you. Subscribe to the SLR’s True Crime Spotlight newsletter for a monthly collection of all the best true crime stories. ☀️

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