Longreads Best of 2012: Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald is managing editor of The Rumpus, co-founder of Pen & Ink, and uses Twitter.
艾萨克·菲茨杰拉德 (Isaac Fitzgerald) 是 The Rumpus 的总编辑、Pen & Ink 的联合创始人，使用 Twitter。
Disclaimer: I know many of the people on this list.
Disclaimer: I know many of the people on this list.
One of the wonderful things / occupational hazards of working for a site like The Rumpus is that I’ve come to meet a lot of great writers.
在 The Rumpus 这样的网站工作的美妙之处/职业危害之一是我认识了很多伟大的作家。
These stories stand on their own regardless.
These stories stand on their own regardless.
I.O.U., and U., and U.
I.O.U., and U., and U.
(Chris Colin, The New York Times)
(Chris Colin, The New York Times)
Chris Colin sells a $50 will call ticket to see Miranda July using Craigslist and never gets paid, spurring him to contemplate all the debts he himself owes (after some anger-fueled internet stalking, of course).
克里斯·科林 (Chris Colin) 在 Craigslist 上出售了一张 50 美元的会见米兰达·朱莉 (Miranda July) 的门票，但从未得到报酬，这促使他思考自己所欠的所有债务（当然，在一些愤怒的网络跟踪之后）。
Maybe this is catching him at a hard time, I thought.
Maybe this is catching him at a hard time, I thought.
But truth was, Joe seemed to be having a pretty normal time.
But truth was, Joe seemed to be having a pretty normal time.
With his ample tweeting and active Facebooking — well over 1,000 friends!
With his ample tweeting and active Facebooking — well over 1,000 friends!
— he allowed for robust stalking.
— he allowed for robust stalking.
There he was on a sailboat.
There he was on a sailboat.
On a golf course.
On a golf course.
With some bros.
With some bros.
Dancing goofily.
Dancing goofily.
Doing his handsome face.
Doing his handsome face.
Doing some artsy stuff.
Doing some artsy stuff.
He looked like someone you’d gone to camp with.
He looked like someone you’d gone to camp with.
Apparently he works for some progressive-sounding start-up, the kind whose Web site speaks of community and so forth.
Apparently he works for some progressive-sounding start-up, the kind whose Web site speaks of community and so forth.
Eddie Is Gone (Nicole Pasulka, The Believer)
Eddie Is Gone (Nicole Pasulka, The Believer)
Nicole Pasulka, a former copywriter for a tourism company in Hawaii, examines the messy history of the Aloha State through the riveting life of surf legend Eddie Aikau.
妮可·帕苏尔卡 (Nicole Pasulka) 是夏威夷一家旅游公司的前文案撰稿人，她通过冲浪传奇人物埃迪·艾考 (Eddie Aikau) 引人入胜的生活审视了阿罗哈州混乱的历史。
That night Hōkūle‘a rode fifteen-foot swells.
That night Hōkūle‘a rode fifteen-foot swells.
The boat began listing from water leakage, and eventually stopped dead in the water.
The boat began listing from water leakage, and eventually stopped dead in the water.
The panicked crew huddled to one side of the craft in an effort to balance out the lilt of the boat with their weight.
The panicked crew huddled to one side of the craft in an effort to balance out the lilt of the boat with their weight.
Around midnight, a rogue wave capsized the canoe, tossing the crew into the water and destroying their radio.
Around midnight, a rogue wave capsized the canoe, tossing the crew into the water and destroying their radio.
The crew clung to the boat.
The crew clung to the boat.
Waiting to be spotted by a plane, they drifted farther from the flight patterns between the islands.
为了等待飞机发现，他们偏离了岛屿之间的飞行航线。
Huge swells hammered the vessel.
Huge swells hammered the vessel.
Less-seaworthy members of the crew were seasick and exhausted from exposure.
Less-seaworthy members of the crew were seasick and exhausted from exposure.
Eddie eventually asked if he could paddle his surfboard nearly twenty miles to the island of Lāna‘i for help.
Eddie eventually asked if he could paddle his surfboard nearly twenty miles to the island of Lāna‘i for help.
Captain Lyman refused until, seeing no other option for rescue, he gave Eddie permission to go.
Captain Lyman refused until, seeing no other option for rescue, he gave Eddie permission to go.
I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave (Mac McClelland, Mother Jones)
I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave (Mac McClelland, Mother Jones)
Mac McClelland jumps into the product-stacked trenches of a major online retailer’s shipping house to expose the truth behind how those little brown boxes get to your doorstep.
麦克·麦克莱兰 (Mac McClelland) 跳进一家大型在线零售商运输公司堆放产品的战壕中，揭露这些棕色小盒子如何到达您家门口的真相。
[The shipping company] has estimated that we pickers speed-walk an average of 12 miles a day on cold concrete, and the twinge in my legs blurs into the heavy soreness in my feet that complements the pinch in my hips when I crouch to the floor—the pickers’ shelving runs from the floor to seven feet high or so—to retrieve an iPad protective case.
[运输公司]估计，我们采摘工平均每天在冰冷的混凝土上快走 12 英里，当我蹲在地板上（采摘工的架子从地板延伸到七英尺左右高）取 iPad 保护套时，我腿部的刺痛逐渐变成了脚部的严重酸痛，与臀部的疼痛相得益彰。
iPad anti-glare protector.
iPad anti-glare protector.
iPad one-hand grip-holder device.
iPad one-hand grip-holder device.
Thing that looks like a landline phone handset that plugs into your iPad so you can pretend that rather than talking via iPad you are talking on a phone.
看起来像插入 iPad 的固定电话听筒的东西，这样你就可以假装不是通过 iPad 通话，而是在打电话。
And dildos.
And dildos.
Really, a staggering number of dildos.
Really, a staggering number of dildos.
How Men Fight For Their Lives (Saeed Jones, The Rumpus)
男人如何为自己的生命而战（赛义德琼斯，喧嚣）
Saeed Jones recollects being gay bashed by a “straight” man in Phoenix, Arizona, and delves into what it means to put oneself at risk in the supposed name of art.
萨伊德·琼斯回忆起在亚利桑那州凤凰城被一名“异性恋”男子殴打的同性恋经历，并深入探讨了以所谓艺术的名义将自己置于危险之中意味着什么。
Daniel’s shift from sucking me to punching me happened so quickly, I could still feel my erection pressed against his stomach even as his arms came down from above me like lightning bolts.
丹尼尔从吮吸我到打我的转变发生得太快了，即使他的手臂像闪电一样从我上方落下，我仍然能感觉到我的勃起压在他的腹部。
Trapped under a body I suddenly realized was all muscle, all I could do was watch the thunderstorm.
Trapped under a body I suddenly realized was all muscle, all I could do was watch the thunderstorm.
It all felt so distant.
It all felt so distant.
He wasn’t beating me.
He wasn’t beating me.
He was beating the desire I had brought out in him.
他正在击败我在他身上激发出的欲望。
And this is one of the reasons why the phrase “gay bashing” feels misplaced.
这就是“同性恋抨击”这个词让人感觉不恰当的原因之一。
There, on the floor under him, when I looked up at Daniel, I didn’t see a gay basher; I saw a man who thought he was fighting for his life.
There, on the floor under him, when I looked up at Daniel, I didn’t see a gay basher;我看到一个人认为他正在为自己的生命而战。
And, at the risk of turning this post into a longread itself, let me take one last moment to recommend pretty much any essay written by Roxane Gay and Emily Rapp this year.
而且，冒着把这篇文章变成长篇文章的风险，让我花最后一刻推荐罗克珊·盖伊和艾米丽·拉普今年写的几乎所有文章。
Read more guest picks from Longreads Best of 2012.
阅读 Longreads 2012 年度最佳嘉宾精选。