Mel Gibson & David Foster Wallace: Top 5 Longform.org Stories of the Week

Some critics worry that smartphones and tablet computers will ruin our ability to focus on long form material. To fight this trend, we will have the editors of Longform.org pick an essay for your weekend reading pleasure every week.

Last week (we ended up posting a little late!), editors Aaron Lammer and Max Linsky picked “My Mother’s Killer” by James Ellroy in the July 1994 issue of GQ. Four more stories follow below.

Here’s more about the pick: “She was last seen leaving a pickup bar, her body was found the next morning in the dirt beside a football field.

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