Folks, what are your favorite pieces of longform journalism in 2021, so I can read them over the holidays. I'll start with a couple I really liked: nytimes.com/2021/06/02/mag…
And, of course, this: newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
And will throw in one of my all-time favorites, even though it's from 2009: newyorker.com/magazine/2009/…

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