Is Terry Richardson an Artist or a Predator?
A profile of the photographer, who has been accused by several models of sexual abuse.
New York
Life, After
Living without your left arm.
A Type House Divided
Inside the split of the Hoefler/Frere-Jones typography team.
Be Bossy
A profile of Sophia Amoruso, the 30-year-old CEO of Nasty Gal and author of #GIRLBOSS.
"Let’s, Like, Demolish Laundry"
The laundry wars of Silicon Valley.
The Day I Started Lying to Ruth
A cancer doctor on losing his wife to cancer.
Blow Up the Box
An interview with Barry Diller about Aereo and the past, present and future of TV.
Previously: Vanessa Grigoriadis on the Longform Podcast.
65
An ode to aging.
The Color of His Presidency
A case for why race has been the real story of the Obama presidency all along.
The Boy Who Ran
On the life and death of Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old autistic boy who disappeared in October after walking out of his New York City school.
Previously: Robert Kolker on the Longform Podcast.
How John Updike Turned Everything in His Life to His Advantage in Fiction
A local reporter set out to profile the celebrated writer. He ended up lampooned in The New Yorker.
Excerpted from Updike.
In Your Heart You Know He’s Nixon
On the campaign trail with Richard Nixon.
How Benjamin Kunkel Went From Novelist to Marxist Public Intellectual
“There was this brief moment when people who wrote blogs also cared about so-called literary fiction. Now it seems they’ve moved on. My doctor doesn’t give a fuck.”
The Plot From Solitary
How four prisoners in solitary confinement launched the largest hunger strike in American history.
What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society
The first known infiltration of the finance fraternity Kappa Beta Phi.
Excerpted from Young Money.
Why Abercrombie Is Losing Its Shirt
The rise and fall of a teen fashion empire.
In Conversation: Lorne Michaels
An inteview with the Saturday Night Live producer.
Previously: The Longform Guide to SNL.
"Most Well-Known and Beloved Chinese Role Model"
Lunch with recycling tycoon Chen Guangbiao, the self-described “Most Influential Person of China,” to discuss his interest in buying The New York Times.
The Collateral Damage of a Teenager
What adolescence does to adolescents is nowhere near as brutal as what it does to their parents.
An excerpt from All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.
A Dangerous Mind
The case of Gilberto Valle, “The Cannibal Cop,” and the line between criminal thoughts and action.
Citizen Ailes
How Roger Ailes raised a ruckus in Putnam County, New York.
An excerpt from The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News–and Divided a Country.
‘And I Cannot Lie’
An oral history of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back.’
"Did Your Father Touch You?"
In 1997, 8-year-old Chaneya Kelly reported that she had been raped by her father, Daryl Kelly, sending him to prison for up to 40 years. Since then, she’s wanted more than anything to take it back.
La Dolce Alfonse!
The riotous private sector life of former New York senator, Al D’Amato.
Where It Hurts
On director Steve McQueen and his film 12 Years a Slave.
