My Top 5 (or 10) Longreads of 2011

The wonderful site Longreads is collecting “5 Favorite Longreads” from a variety of writers, editors, and other folks. They were kind enough to ask me for mine. They appear at Longreads — and for faithful readers here, below as well. Do check out the other lists at Longreads as well. __ Truly we live, as Steve Silberman said , in a time of longform renaissance. The reading year was notable not just for the rise of many long reads and Longreads , but for the debut of The Atavist and Byliner , two new