Alec Ash
These are the longform articles I am reading right now (updated automatically via Instapaper):
The Soviet Children Who Survived World War II
Andrew O’Hagan reviews ‘Picture’ by Lillian Ross · LRB 4 July 2019
Roger Federer as Religious Experience - Tennis - The New York Times
David Foster Wallace on 9/11, as Seen from the Midwest – Rolling Stone
David Foster Wallace The String Theory - David Foster Wallace on Tennis
Lost (in) Tibet - Chris Taylor
Groove in the Map - Chris Taylor
A BBC Book of the Week
"A talented young observer of today’s China" – Peter Hessler
"Lyrical ... a telling portrait" – Washington Post
"Fascinating and insightful"
– Paul French
"Compelling and beautifully written" – Prospect