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Ask HN: Best Longform Articles?
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7 points
by mke
1858 days ago
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Looking for your recommendations on the best longform articles to read. Some examples I’ve enjoyed: “Frank Sinatra Has A Cold” - Gay Talese, Esquire 1965
<https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold-gay-talese/> “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu” - John Updike, The New Yorker 1960
<https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1960/10/22/hub-fans-bid-kid-adieu> “The Last Meal” - Michael Paterniti, Esquire 2008
<https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a4642/the-last-meal-0598/> |
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"Raising the Dead" about cave diving - https://www.outsideonline.com/1922711/raising-dead (ignore the sentence or two at the beginning about ghosts)
"The Paradox of the Proof" introduced me to Mochizukis "proof" of the ABC conjecture - http://projectwordsworth.com/the-paradox-of-the-proof/
"The Mastermind": Evan Ratliffs series of articles on criminal Paul Le Roux, basis for the book of the same name - https://magazine.atavist.com/category/Mastermind/