Lapham’s Quarterly Editor Michelle Legro: My Top 5 Longreads of 2011

Michelle Legro, longtime Longreader, is an editor at Lapham’s Quarterly.

米歇尔·勒格罗 (Michelle Legro) 是《Lapham’s Quarterly》的长期编辑，也是《Lapham’s Quarterly》的编辑。

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“The Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” by Paul Ford (The Morning News)

《机械复制时代》，保罗·福特（Paul Ford）（《晨报》）

I doubt there are many people that will remember the December blizzard of 2010 better than Paul Ford, limping through the snow with his wife to their IVF procedure without any form of transportation and only a few hours on the clock to make a baby the new-fashioned way.

我怀疑有很多人会比保罗·福特更记得 2010 年 12 月的暴风雪，当时他和妻子一瘸一拐地穿过雪地去接受试管受精手术，没有任何交通工具，只有几个小时的时间，以新式的方式生孩子。

“American Marvel,” by Edith Zimmerman (GQ)

伊迪丝·齐默尔曼（Edith Zimmerman）的《美国漫威》（GQ）

We’ve all been there.

我们都去过那里。

Except usually, a movie star isn’t there with you.

但通常情况下，电影明星都不在你身边。

I had a friend tell me that a fellow writing teacher was using this piece as an example of how NOT to write a celebrity profile.

我有一个朋友告诉我，一位写作老师正在用这篇文章作为例子来说明如何不写名人简介。

When was the last time I remember reading any kind of celebrity profile?

我记得最后一次阅读任何名人简介是什么时候？

Oh yeah, this time.

哦，是的，这一次。

“How Carrots Became the New Junk Food,” by Douglas McGray (Fast Company)

“胡萝卜如何成为新的垃圾食品”，道格拉斯·麦克格雷（Douglas McGray）（快公司）

First we make the carrots small, then we make them cute, but how do we make them sexy?

首先我们把胡萝卜变小，然后让它们变得可爱，但是如何让它们变得性感呢？

I love this attempt to make carrots, aka “3D Orange Laser Blasters” into an extreme snack celebrity.

我喜欢这种将胡萝卜（又名“3D 橙色激光冲击波”）打造成极端零食名人的尝试。

“Taming the Wild”, by Evan Ratliff (National Geographic)

《驯服荒野》，埃文·拉特利夫（Evan Ratliff）（国家地理）

Sometimes I weigh how much I like a piece with how much it affects my daily life.

有时我会权衡我对一件作品的喜爱程度和它对我日常生活的影响程度。

In this case, I spent a good month weighing the pros and cons of moving to a state where it was legal to own a domesticated fox imported from Siberia.

在这种情况下，我花了一个月的时间权衡搬到一个可以合法拥有从西伯利亚进口的驯养狐狸的州的利弊。

Pros: Wildlife snuggles.

优点：野生动物依偎在一起。

Cons: Pretty much everything else.

缺点：几乎所有其他的东西。

And finally, the very first best thing I read in 2011:

最后，我在 2011 年读到的第一本最好的书：

“The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist”, Rich Schapiro (Wired)

“项圈炸弹抢劫案的令人难以置信的真实故事”，里奇·夏皮罗（连线）

The most incredible, most true, most heisty read of the year.

年度最令人难以置信、最真实、最惊心动魄的读物。

Haven’t read it?

还没读过？

There is a bomb around your neck.

你脖子上挂着一颗炸弹。

I am going to force you to go read it right now.

我要强迫你现在就去读它。