Longreads Best of 2012: Michael Kruse
Michael Kruse, an award-winning staff writer at the Tampa Bay Times who also contributes to ESPN’s Grantland, this year gave a TEDx talk and had a story make the anthology Next Wave: America’s New Generation of Great Literary Journalists.
迈克尔·克鲁斯 (Michael Kruse) 是《坦帕湾时报》的获奖特约撰稿人，同时也是 ESPN 的 Grantland 的撰稿人，他今年在 TEDx 上发表了演讲，并撰写了一个故事选集《下一波浪潮：美国新一代伟大的文学记者》。
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Chris Jones on the animals in Ohio.
克里斯·琼斯谈俄亥俄州的动物。
What a way to start: The horses knew first.
多么好的开始方式：马首先知道。
And want to know how to make people keep reading?
想知道如何让人们继续阅读？
End paragraphs and sections with sentences like this: He saw what was unmistakably a bear, giving chase.
用这样的句子结束段落和章节：他看到了毫无疑问是一只熊，正在追赶。
And: Then Kopchak saw the lion.
然后：然后科普切克看到了狮子。
And: Next she called 911.
并且：接下来她拨打了 911。
And: …
并且：……
and they knew that they didn’t have enough time or tranquilizers to stop what was coming.
他们知道他们没有足够的时间或镇静剂来阻止即将发生的事情。
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2.
Michael Mooney’s Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever.
迈克尔·穆尼有史以来最精彩的保龄球故事。
Because of the question.
因为问题。
Will he or won’t he?
他会还是不会？
I had to know.
我必须知道。
But also because Mooney made me care about Bill Fong.
但也因为穆尼让我关心比尔·方。
He could’ve taken me anywhere.
他可以带我去任何地方。
I would’ve read forever.
我会一直读下去。
And because come on—who doesn’t love a well-told tale with a twist at the end?
因为来吧——谁不喜欢一个讲得好、结尾有转折的故事呢？
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3.
Kelley Benham’s Never Let Go.
凯利·贝纳姆的《永不放手》。
Granted, Kelley’s cubicle’s not too far from my cubicle, so maybe I’m not too impartial, but I feel like this is a fact: This story is one of the best things that ran in a newspaper in America in the last 12 months.
诚然，凯利的隔间离我的隔间不太远，所以也许我不太公正，但我觉得这是事实：这个故事是过去 12 个月里美国报纸上刊登的最好的报道之一。
Three parts.
三个部分。
One miracle.
一个奇迹。
Life.
生活。
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4.
Caballo Blanco’s Last Run by Barry Bearak.
巴里·比拉克 (Barry Bearak) 的《卡瓦略·布兰科的最后一次奔跑》。
Classic quest story.
经典的探索故事。
Looking for True.
寻找真.
Also, in print, it was beautifully designed.
此外，它的印刷设计也非常精美。
Which matters.
这很重要。
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5.
Patrick Radden Keefe’s Cocaine Incorporated.
帕特里克·拉登·基夫的可卡因公司。
Details.
细节。
Details like the ghostwriter composing letters to the mistress.
诸如代笔给情妇写信之类的细节。
Like the dope-stuffed submersibles floating down the Amazon.
就像沿着亚马逊河漂流的装满涂料的潜水器一样。
The Sinaloa pot farm …
锡那罗亚盆栽农场……
on U.S. National Forest land …
在美国国家林地上……
in the remote North Woods of Wisconsin …
在威斯康星州偏远的北伍兹……
surrounded by Mexican farmers with AK-47’s.
周围都是手持 AK-47 的墨西哥农民。
The catapult!
弹射器！
The chili-pepper business!
辣椒生意！
The air-conditioned tunnels with trolley lines!
带电车线路的空调隧道！
Surprises are such intoxicants.
惊喜是如此令人陶醉。
Oh, and this sentence: In the trippy semiotics of the drug war, the cops dress like bandits, and the bandits dress like cops.
哦，还有这句话：在毒品战争的迷幻符号学中，警察穿得像强盗，强盗穿得像警察。
Read more guest picks from Longreads Best of 2012.
阅读 Longreads 2012 年度最佳嘉宾精选。