Longreads

There’s something special about the anonymous graffiti artist with his own cult following.

On the surreal nature of secondary trauma.

An ode to a vibrant public commons.

Watching Irrfan Khan over the years.

Julia Child's collaborator Simone Beck has lingered as an object of pity in public memory. But maybe Beck didn’t want stardom at all.

A story of America in three scams.

An eccentric monk’s singular scrap cathedral reveals the chaos and genius of his mind.

What does it take to preserve an independent filmmaker's oeuvre?

A calculated veneer of identity is our most valuable modern resource.