'The Quaid Conspiracy': The Best Longform.org Story 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.

For this week’s post, editors Aaron Lammer and Max Linsky chose two pieces (one for this week, one from the holiday weekend). They follow below,  complete with links.

“The Quaid Conspiracy” by Nancy Jo Sales from the January 2011 edition of Vanity Fair: “Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have fled Hollywood and are living in Canada—in their car—seeking refuge from the ‘Star Whackers’ they claim are threatening their lives.

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