Ask HN: Best Longform Articles?

7 points by mke 5 years ago | 10 comments

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/>

kratom_sandwich 5 years ago |

Online journalism, but nevertheless:

"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/

raihansaputra 5 years ago |

Pulling some from my list

How simmering chronic inflammations can be the cause of many acute condition [Raw and Red-Hot](https://harvardmagazine.com/2019/05/inflammation-disease-die...)

he11ow 5 years ago |

"Fantastic Beasts and How To Rank Them", Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 2017 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/06/is-bigfoot-lik...

dcminter 5 years ago |

keiferski 5 years ago |

Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace (2004)

kesava 5 years ago |

newleaf 5 years ago |

Not a specific article, but have you seen: https://longform.org and https://longreads.com

AGivant 5 years ago |

maryamhen 5 years ago |

mke 5 years ago | |

Did you tag this author (Maryam Henien) intentionally?

Related, I’ve long enjoyed longform.org