Longreads Best of 2016: Under-Recognized Stories
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories.
我们请几位作家和编辑在不同类别中选择一些他们今年最喜欢的故事。
Here, the best in under-recognized stories.
这里是未被充分认识的故事中最好的。
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MooneyDallas-based freelance writer, co-director of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.
穆尼达拉斯的自由作家，梅伯恩文学非小说会议的联合主任。
## You Are Not Going to Die Out Here: A Woman’s Terrifying Night in the Chesapeake (John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post)
## 你不会死在这里：一个女人在切萨皮克的可怕夜晚（约翰·伍德罗·考克斯，《华盛顿邮报》）
I saw this story posted and shared a few times when it first ran, but in the middle of an insane election cycle, it didn’t get nearly the attention it deserves.
我看到这个故事在第一次发布时被发布并分享了几次，但在疯狂的选举周期中，它并没有得到应有的关注。
This is the tale of Lauren Connor, a woman who fell off a boat and disappeared amid the crashing waves of the Chesapeake Bay.
这是关于劳伦·康纳（Lauren Connor）的故事，她是一位从船上掉下来并消失在切萨皮克湾汹涌的海浪中的女人。
It’s about the search to find her, by both authorities and her boyfriend, and about a woman whose life had prepared her perfectly for the kinds of challenges that would overwhelm most of us.
这是关于当局和她的男朋友寻找她的故事，也是关于一个女人的生活，她的生活已经为我们大多数人所面临的各种挑战做好了充分的准备。
This is a deadline narrative, but it’s crafted so well—weaving in background and character development at just the right moments, giving readers so many reasons to care—that you couldn’t stop reading if you wanted to.
这是一个截止日期的叙述，但它的制作非常精良——在恰当的时刻编织背景和人物发展，给读者如此多的理由去关心——如果你想的话，你就无法停止阅读。
Kara PlatoniA science reporter from Oakland, California, who teaches at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and is the author of We Have the Technology, a book about biohacking.
卡拉·普拉托尼（Kara Platoni）是来自加利福尼亚州奥克兰的科学记者，在加州大学伯克利分校新闻研究生院任教，也是一本关于生物黑客的书《我们拥有技术》的作者。
## Michelle’s Case (Annie Brown, California Sunday)
## 米歇尔的案例（安妮·布朗，加州周日）
A clear-eyed, thought-provoking retelling of Michelle-Lael Norsworthy’s long legal battle in hope of becoming the first American to receive sex-reassignment surgery while in prison.
清晰、发人深省地重述了米歇尔-莱尔·诺斯沃西为成为第一个在狱中接受变性手术的美国人而进行的长期法律斗争。
Her lawyers argued that the surgery was medically necessary and withholding it violated the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
她的律师辩称，手术在医学上是必要的，不进行手术违反了禁止残忍和不寻常惩罚的规定。
But, they argued, rather than grant the surgery and set a legal precedent, the Department of Corrections instead ordered her parole.
但是，他们辩称，惩教署并没有批准手术并开创法律先例，而是下令假释她。
The piece is a nuanced take on what it’s like to transition in prison—at least 400 California inmates were taking hormone replacement therapy when the article was published in May—where trans women are vulnerable to sexual assault and survivors are placed in a kind of solitary confinement, stuck in limbo in a prison system where it’s unsafe for them to live with men, but they are generally not allowed to live with women.
这篇文章细致入微地描述了监狱中的变性经历——当这篇文章于 5 月发表时，至少有 400 名加州囚犯正在接受激素替代疗法——跨性别女性很容易受到性侵犯，幸存者被置于某种单独监禁的环境中，陷入监狱系统的困境，她们与男性住在一起不安全，但通常不允许她们与女性住在一起。
And it asks a bigger question: What kind of medical care must the state cover?
它还提出了一个更大的问题：国家必须提供什么样的医疗服务？
Azmat KhanInvestigative Reporter, New America Future of War Fellow.
阿兹马特·汗调查记者、新美国战争未来研究员。
## Nameplate Necklaces: This Shit Is For Us (Collier Meyerson, Fusion)
## 铭牌项链：这狗屎是给我们的（Collier Meyerson，Fusion）
At first, it may seem like a simple essay about cultural appropriation, but this opus on the nameplate necklace is so much more than that.
乍一看，这似乎是一篇关于文化挪用的简单文章，但铭牌项链上的这篇作品远不止于此。
It is a beautiful ode to black and brown fashion.
这是对黑色和棕色时尚的美丽颂歌。
It is a moving history of how unique names became a form of political resistance to white supremacy.
这是一段感人的历史，讲述了独特的名字如何成为对白人至上的政治抵抗的一种形式。
And it is the biting reality check Carrie Bradshaw so desperately needed.
这正是凯莉·布拉德肖迫切需要的现实检验。
James Ross GardnerFreelance writer and editor in chief of Seattle Met magazine.
詹姆斯·罗斯·加德纳 (James Ross Gardner) 自由撰稿人兼《西雅图大都会》杂志主编。
## Mission: Burrito (John Birdsall, Bon Appétit)
## 任务：墨西哥卷饼（John Birdsall，Bon Appétit）
In a story that’s as much about the vagaries of gentrification as it is about the cultural history (and complex present) of mission-style burritos, Birdsall packs a lot into 2,600 beautiful words.
在这个故事中，既讲述了变幻莫测的中产阶级化，也讲述了传教式墨西哥卷饼的文化历史（和复杂的现状），伯索尔用 2,600 个优美的词语概括了很多内容。
It’s about identity and the transformation of a neighborhood and how both inform a menu item worth arguing about.
这是关于身份和社区的转变，以及两者如何为值得争论的菜单项提供信息。
In other words, the best kind of food writing.
换句话说，最好的美食写作。
## All the Petty Horse Shit (Taffy Brodesser-Akner, GQ)
## 所有的小马屎（Taffy Brodesser-Akner，GQ）
This isn’t the low-access celebrity profile we’ve all grown to collectively roll our eyes at—the cover story about the overly PR-managed star who grants a 60-minute interview that the writer must then, rather painfully, spin into a fleshed-out sketch.
这不是我们大家都习惯于集体翻白眼的低接触名人形象——封面故事是关于一位过度公关管理的明星接受了 60 分钟的采访，然后作者必须相当痛苦地把采访变成一个充实的草图。
No, here we find Billy Bob Thornton tired and vulnerable and rolling along on a tour bus with his band the Boxmasters.
不，在这里我们发现比利·鲍勃·松顿 (Billy Bob Thornton) 疲惫不堪，脆弱不堪，和他的乐队 Boxmasters 一起在旅游巴士上滚动。
We see the actor angry.
我们看到演员生气了。
We see him in good spirits.
我们看到他精神很好。
We see, thanks to a profile full of voice and verve—and a lot of access—an uncommon look at a man famous for his privacy.
得益于充满声音和活力的个人资料以及大量的访问权限，我们看到了一个以隐私着称的男人的不同寻常的面貌。
Jeremy KeehnA features editor at Bloomberg Businessweek.
杰里米·基恩（Jeremy Keehn）是《彭博商业周刊》的特约编辑。
## Why Men Fight (Thomas Page McBee, Quartz)
## 男人为何打架（托马斯·佩奇·麦克比，Quartz）
I’m a sucker for boxing writing, and this story is an excellent example of the genre, first-person division.
我很喜欢拳击写作，这个故事是第一人称类型的一个很好的例子。
Page McBee’s account of becoming the “first known transgender man to ever fight in Madison Square Garden” is also a meditation on what it means to be a man, on male friendships, and on higher-order locker-room talk.
佩奇·麦克比 (Page McBee) 讲述自己成为“麦迪逊广场花园有史以来第一位已知的跨性别男子”，这也是对作为一个男人意味着什么、对男性友谊以及对更衣室高阶谈话的思考。
One particularly resonant line: “If every boxing story ever told could be neatly summarized it would be: I was afraid, and I did it anyway.
一句特别引起共鸣的台词是：“如果每一个拳击故事都可以被简洁地概括的话，那就是：我很害怕，但我还是这么做了。
Ben MontgomeryEnterprise reporter for the Tampa Bay Times and author of two books.
本·蒙哥马利是《坦帕湾时报》的企业记者，也是两本书的作者。
## Officer Steven Blakeney Terrorized the St. Louis Area.
## 史蒂文·布莱克尼警官对圣路易斯地区进行了恐吓。
Why Did No One Stop This Very Bad Cop?
为什么没有人阻止这个非常坏的警察？
(Doyle Murphy, Riverfront Times)
（道尔·墨菲，《河滨时报》）
Nearly every sentence in this deeply reported story about a rogue cop made me outraged.
在这篇关于流氓警察的深度报道的故事中，几乎每一句话都让我感到愤怒。
Murphy puzzles out the political antics and bureaucratic breakdowns that provided cover for an officer of the law to victimize scores of people around St. Louis.
墨菲对政治滑稽动作和官僚主义崩溃感到困惑，这些滑稽动作和官僚机构为一名执法人员提供了掩护，使圣路易斯周围的数十人受害。
Francesca MariSenior Editor at The California Sunday Magazine.
Francesca Mari 加州星期日杂志高级编辑。
## Unfriendly Climate (Sonia Smith, Texas Monthly)
## 不友好的气候（索尼娅史密斯，德克萨斯月刊）
Sonia Smith’s seamless profile of the preeminent climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe wasn’t overlooked by the rabid climate change denialists who went ballistic in the comments.
索尼娅·史密斯（Sonia Smith）对杰出气候科学家凯瑟琳·海霍（Katherine Hayhoe）的无缝描述并没有被那些在评论中愤怒的狂热气候变化否认者所忽视。
But it was perhaps overlooked by many of us readers who take climate change for granted.
但我们许多认为气候变化是理所当然的读者可能忽视了这一点。
We should all be looking now.
我们现在都应该寻找。
In addition to co-authoring the last two National Climate Assessments and being a reviewer on the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Hayhoe is an evangelical Christian.
除了共同撰写最近两份国家气候评估报告以及担任诺贝尔奖获得者政府间气候变化专门委员会的审稿人之外，海霍还是一名福音派基督徒。
She’s even married to a minister, one who didn’t initially believe in global warming.
她甚至嫁给了一位部长，而这位部长最初并不相信全球变暖。
It took Hayhoe two years to convince him, but she did, and she’s now quite skilled at persuading people of disparate beliefs and backgrounds of the need to come together to save our planet:
海霍花了两年时间才说服他，但她做到了，而且她现在非常擅长说服具有不同信仰和背景的人们，让他们相信需要团结起来拯救我们的星球：
“As scientists we don’t know a lot about suffering, but as Christians we do.
“作为科学家，我们对苦难了解不多，但作为基督徒，我们了解很多。
And we know that part of the reason we’re here in this world is to help people who are suffering.” And that suffering will not be meted out proportionally: if global warming continues unchecked, the poor—whether they’re in Houston’s Fifth Ward or in low-lying areas of Bangladesh—who have contributed least to carbon emissions will feel the most pain, from enduring more-intense heat waves to paying the higher food prices that will accompany failed crops.
我们知道，我们来到这个世界上的部分原因是为了帮助那些遭受苦难的人们。”而且这种痛苦不会按比例得到补偿：如果全球变暖继续不受控制，那些对碳排放贡献最少的穷人——无论是在休斯敦第五区还是在孟加拉国的低洼地区——将感受到最大的痛苦，从忍受更强烈的热浪到支付伴随农作物歉收而上涨的粮食价格。
Elisabeth DonnellyA journalist and the co-author of the depressingly prescient young adult trilogy The Misshapes, under the name Alex Flynn (Polis Books).
伊丽莎白·唐纳利 (Elisabeth Donnelly) 是一名记者，也是具有令人沮丧的先见之明的年轻人三部曲《畸形》 (The Misshapes) 的合著者，名字为亚历克斯·弗林 (Polis Books)。
## Seeing Stars (Alex Ronan, Real Life Magazine)
## 看星星（亚历克斯·罗南，现实生活杂志）
Alex Ronan’s beautiful exploration of grief for her brother, where her phone becomes a conduit of energy, memory, and light; where tweets have the potential to take us to another place, where the souls we knew are there, somewhere.
亚历克斯·罗南 (Alex Ronan) 对她哥哥的悲伤进行了美妙的探索，她的手机成为了能量、记忆和光明的管道；推文有可能把我们带到另一个地方，我们认识的灵魂就在那里，在某个地方。
She hops between astronomy, our relationship with our phones, and the nature of light ably, all in prose that beams an unearthly light.
她巧妙地在天文学、我们与手机的关系以及光的本质之间跳跃，所有这些都在散文中散发着超凡脱俗的光芒。
Leah SottileAn Oregon-based freelance journalist whose work frequently appears in The Washington Post and Outside Magazine, among others.
Leah Sottile 俄勒冈州自由记者，其作品经常出现在《华盛顿邮报》和《Outside》杂志等杂志上。
## The Audition (Sydney Brownstone, The Stranger)
## 试镜（悉尼·布朗斯通、《陌生人》）
I can’t recall an investigative story like “The Audition,” one that I couldn’t stop talking about, thinking about, revisiting, re-reading and discussing after I read it — even months later.
我不记得有哪个像《试镜》这样的调查故事，在我读完它之后——甚至是几个月后——我仍然无法停止谈论、思考、重温、重读和讨论。
In this piece, Seattle reporter Sydney Brownstone discovers that a tip about a woman raped during a porn audition is not an isolated incident, but an elaborate rape scam by a local man posing as an adult filmmaker.
在这篇文章中，西雅图记者悉尼·布朗斯通发现，有关一名女性在色情试镜期间被强奸的举报并不是一个孤立的事件，而是一名当地男子冒充成人电影制片人精心策划的强奸骗局。
It’s a complicated story about consent, assault, deception and the complexities of rape.
这是一个关于同意、攻击、欺骗和强奸复杂性的复杂故事。
When Brownstone tugged on a string, she unraveled a nightmare.
当布朗斯通拉动一根绳子时，她解开了一场噩梦。
It’s one of my favorites from this year, too, because it made me think hard about what a sexual assault is.
这也是我今年最喜欢的作品之一，因为它让我认真思考什么是性侵犯。
This story also aims to speak up for a group who might have been ignored by any other reporter.
这个故事还旨在为一个可能被其他记者忽视的群体发声。
Deborah HalberA journalist and author based in Boston.
黛博拉·哈尔伯 (Deborah Halber) 是一位驻波士顿的记者和作家。
## Digital Pimps or Fearless Publishers?
## 数字皮条客还是无所畏惧的出版商？
(Kate Knibbs, The Ringer)
（凯特·尼布斯，《林格》）
Kate Knibbs digs deep into the murky world of Backpage.com–a site “not stringently moderated for explicit content beckoning an exchange of goods for sex,” as Knibbs writes.
凯特·尼布斯 (Kate Knibbs) 深入挖掘了 Backpage.com 的阴暗世界——正如克尼布斯所写，该网站“没有严格审核露骨内容，吸引人们进行性交易”。
Arrests of the site’s creators have been made, with felony charges of pimping a minor and more.
该网站的创建者已被逮捕，并被指控为未成年人拉皮条等重罪。
But part of this disturbing story is how the ads were envisioned as a last-ditch effort to keep gutsy alternative journalism afloat.
但这个令人不安的故事的一部分是，这些广告是如何被设想为维持勇敢的另类新闻业生存的最后努力的。
Porochista KhakpourAuthor of the forthcoming memoir, Sick (Harper Perennial, August 2017) and the novels The Last Illusion, and Sons & Other Flammable Objects, whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bookforum, Elle, Spin, Slate, and many other publications around the world.
Porochista Khakpour 是即将出版的回忆录《Sick》（《Harper Perennial》，2017 年 8 月）和小说《最后的幻觉》和《Sons & Other Flammable Objects》的作者，其作品曾发表在《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《华尔街日报》、Bookforum、Elle、Spin、Slate 和世界各地的许多其他出版物上。
## Sick Woman Theory (Johanna Hedva, Mask Magazine)
## 病妇理论（Johanna Hedva，《面具》杂志）
Last winter I was the sickest I’d been in a long time and many friends began sending me a piece that had appeared not long after the new year.
去年冬天，我经历了很长一段时间以来最严重的冬天，很多朋友开始给我寄一张新年后不久出现的作品。
I’d never heard of Hedva or Mask, but this wild winding essay that pierces the heart and soul of chronic illness was such a potent companion for me.
我从未听说过赫德瓦（Hedva）或马斯克（Mask），但是这篇狂野曲折的文章刺穿了慢性疾病的内心和灵魂，对我来说是一个强有力的伴侣。
At parts unapologetically academic–Hannah Arendt and Judith Butler are leaned on heavily–and at other parts heartbreakingly personal, this adaptation of a lecture reads both like a manifesto and a diary.
这部对演讲的改编读起来既像一份宣言，又像一本日记，部分内容无疑是学术性的——汉娜·阿伦特和朱迪思·巴特勒的作品受到了极大的重视——而另一些部分则是令人心碎的个人化。
“I thought of all the other invisible bodies, with their fists up, tucked away and out of sight,” Hedva writes, always with boldness, clarity, and compassion.
“我想到了所有其他看不见的身体，他们举起拳头，隐藏在视线之外，”赫德瓦总是带着大胆、清晰和同情心写道。
This piece was praised in many of my most cherished circles of social media–especially those realms of sick girls–but i hope it branches out much further.
这篇文章在我最珍视的许多社交媒体圈子中受到了赞扬——尤其是那些生病女孩的领域——但我希望它能进一步发展。
Elizabeth LopattoScience editor forThe Verge
伊丽莎白·洛帕托 The Verge 科学编辑
## Few Women Fight Wildfires.
## 很少有女性参与扑灭野火。
That’s Not Because They’re Afraid of Flames.
这并不是因为他们害怕火焰。
(Darryl Fears, The Washington Post)
（达里尔·菲尔斯，《华盛顿邮报》）
Female firefighters are routinely harassed on the job; routinely propositioned for sex, inappropriately touched, stalked, spied on while bathing — all horrifying.
女消防员在工作中经常受到骚扰；经常被提出性要求、不当触摸、跟踪、洗澡时被监视——这一切都令人恐惧。
This story was a remarkable piece of reporting that showed how a pervasively sexist environment makes us all less safe, by discouraging firefighters who could, in other circumstances, save our lives.
这个故事是一篇引人注目的报道，它展示了普遍存在的性别歧视环境如何让消防员灰心丧气，从而使我们所有人变得更加不安全，而消防员在其他情况下可以拯救我们的生命。
This detailed, focused report will, I hope, lead to better job conditions for female firefighters.
我希望这份详细、重点突出的报告将为女性消防员带来更好的工作条件。
Another strong piece of science reporting that should be read widely.
另一篇值得广泛阅读的强有力的科学报告。
Michele FilgateLiterary critic and Vice President of Awards for the National Book Critics Circle
米歇尔·菲尔盖特文学评论家兼国家书评人协会奖副主席
## The Snarling Girl (Elisa Albert, Hazlitt)
## 咆哮的女孩（艾莉莎·阿尔伯特，哈兹利特）
This is the essay I didn’t know I was waiting for, but once I read it, I sent it to a bunch of ladies I know.
这是一篇我不知道自己在等待的文章，但当我读完它后，我把它发给了一群我认识的女士。
(Thanks to my friend Elisabeth Donnelly for telling me about it!) Oh, how pleasurable it is to read another woman talking about the ridiculousness of the contemporary world we live in; how we all want something out of it but sometimes we just want the thing so much that the want gets in the way of the work.
（感谢我的朋友伊丽莎白·唐纳利告诉我这件事！）哦，读到另一个女人谈论我们生活的当代世界的荒谬是多么令人愉快！我们都想从中得到一些东西，但有时我们只是太想要这个东西，以至于妨碍了工作。
And is there any better description of the ridiculousness of social media than the following lines?
对于社交媒体的荒谬性，还有比下面这句话更好的描述吗？
“The work: this is what I would like to talk about.
“工作：这就是我想谈的。
The work, not the hearts and likes and dings and dongs.
工作，而不是心灵、喜好、叮当声。
And maybe I can float the possibility that the work is best when it’s done nowhere near the hearts and likes and dings and dongs.
也许我可以提出这样一种可能性：当作品远离人们的心、喜欢、叮当声时，它才是最好的。
Maybe I can suggest that there is plenty of time for hearts and likes and dings and dongs once the work is done, and done well.” Amen to that.
也许我可以建议，一旦工作完成并且做得很好，就有足够的时间来表达爱心、喜欢、叮当声。”阿门。
“The Snarling Girl” is a battle cry for ignoring other people’s “definition of success.”
《咆哮的女孩》是无视别人“成功的定义”的战斗口号。
Mayukh SenStaff Writer at Food52 covering food and culture; writer whose work has appeared in New York Magazine, Pitchfork, VICE, the FADER, and elsewhere.
Mayukh Sen Food52 的撰稿人，报道食品和文化；作家，其作品曾出现在《纽约杂志》、《Pitchfork》、《VICE》、《FADER》等其他杂志上。
## Confessions of a Killer Policeman (Raghu Karnad and Grace Jajo, The Guardian)
## 一名杀手警察的自白（Raghu Karnad 和 Grace Jajo，《卫报》）
I was pretty pissed that this Guardian story didn’t get more attention.
我很生气《卫报》的故事没有得到更多关注。
I have my suspicions as to why: there aren’t a ton of readers in the West who might appreciate what this piece accomplishes so skillfully.
我怀疑其中的原因：西方没有很多读者会欣赏这篇文章如此巧妙地完成的事情。
I’m betting that most readers don’t know about Manipur, a state in the region of Northeast India that’s distant both geographically and politically from the rest of that enormous country.
我敢打赌，大多数读者都不了解曼尼普尔邦，这是印度东北部地区的一个邦，在地理和政治上都远离这个大国的其他地区。
This true crime story functions as its own self-contained narrative, but it subtly manages to illuminate the political history of the region where it’s set.
这个真实的犯罪故事有其独立的叙事功能，但它巧妙地阐明了故事发生地地区的政治历史。
It is an especially strong example of what the Guardian’s Long Read section can do so well.
这是卫报的长读部分可以做得如此出色的一个特别有力的例子。
It to my mind, one of the few Western publications to give nuanced, urgent reportage on India actual real estate.
在我看来，这是为数不多的对印度实际房地产进行细致、紧急报道的西方出版物之一。
Maybe it’s the only one.
也许这是唯一的一个。
## The Reckoning: The Story of Claire Wilson (Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly)
## 清算：克莱尔·威尔逊的故事（帕梅拉·科洛夫，德克萨斯月刊）
There was no shortage of praise for this story when it came out, but even then, it seemed a bit muted; I wondered what would’ve happened had it appeared in the pages of The New Yorker.
这个故事问世时，不乏好评，但即便如此，它也显得有些平淡；我想知道如果它出现在《纽约客》上会发生什么。
I love Texas Monthly.
我喜欢《德克萨斯月刊》。
Colloff is a writer I’ve long admired, and I have an embarrassingly biblical knowledge of some of her writing.
科洛夫是我一直钦佩的一位作家，我对她的一些作品的圣经了解令人尴尬。
I’d say this is her strongest work.
我想说这是她最强的作品。
She has an enviously tight grip over her prose, and genuine reserves of empathy for her subjects.
她对自己的散文有着令人羡慕的严格控制，并对她的主题有着真正的同理心。
I fear this piece will be left off some year-end lists, so, let me just say: If this isn’t on your list, I think you’re bad.
我担心这篇文章会被排除在一些年终清单之外，所以，我只想说：如果这不在你的清单上，我认为你很糟糕。
Thanks.
谢谢。
Bye.
再见。
Tobias CarrollFreelance writer, managing editor of Vol.1 Brooklyn, and author of the books Reel and Transitory.
托拜厄斯·卡罗尔（Tobias Carroll）自由作家、《布鲁克林》第一卷的总编辑以及《Reel》和《Transitory》两书的作者。
## Animals Strike Curious Poses: On Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon (Chris Randle, Hazlitt)
## 动物摆出奇怪的姿势：《王子的樱桃月下》（克里斯·兰德尔、哈兹利特）
I’m always up for a well-written, thoughtful take on a creative work that may not have received its due when it was released.
我总是热衷于对一部在发布时可能没有得到应有的创意作品进行精心撰写、深思熟虑的解读。
Chris Randle’s in-depth analysis of Under the Cherry Moon is exactly that, and makes a solid case for this film’s continuing relevance.
克里斯·兰德尔对《樱桃月下》的深入分析正是如此，并为这部电影的持续相关性提供了坚实的理由。
Helen RosnerExecutive editor of Eater
海伦·罗斯纳《Eater》执行主编
## Chop Suey Nation (Anna Hui, The Globe and Mail)
## Chop Suey Nation（许安娜，《环球邮报》）
This two-part feature from the Toronto Globe and Mail is built around one of those genius, why-didn’t-I-think-of-that concepts: Ann Hui gets in a car in British Columbia, and drives all the way across Canada to remotest Newfoundland, following the path of eastern railroad expansion and so, confluently, the path of Chinese-Canadian settlement.
《多伦多环球邮报》的这篇由两部分组成的专题报道围绕一个我想不到的天才概念展开：许鞍华在不列颠哥伦比亚省坐上一辆汽车，沿着东部铁路扩建的道路，以及华裔加拿大人定居的道路，一路穿越加拿大，到达最偏远的纽芬兰。
The anchors for her journey are the Chinese restaurants that thrive, often in relative cultural isolation, in this line of towns and cities that belt the nation.
她旅程的支柱是那些在文化相对孤立的情况下蓬勃发展的中餐馆，这些餐馆遍布全国各地的城镇和城市。
It’s a deceptively ambitious feat of stunt journalism: Hui’s prose is newspaper-clear, her narrative is mostly linear, her threads are neatly defined.
这是特技新闻业一项看似雄心勃勃的壮举：惠的散文如报纸般清晰，她的叙述大多是线性的，她的线索清晰明确。
But she expertly avoids the often saccharine pitfalls of this kind of storytelling, balancing the human-scale narratives of the men and women of these restaurants with a broader, razor-sharp dissection of the ways Canada does and doesn’t make room for its nonwhite citizens.
但她巧妙地避免了这种讲故事的甜蜜陷阱，平衡了这些餐馆男女的人性化叙事，与对加拿大为非白人公民腾出空间和不为非白人公民腾出空间的方式进行更广泛、尖锐的剖析。
And the closing scene, what Hui finds when she reaches a Chinese restaurant on windswept, isolated Fogo Island — god, it’s a knife to the heart.
最后的场景是，当许惠到达风雨交加、与世隔绝的福戈岛上的一家中餐馆时，她发现了——天啊，这简直是刀子插在心上。
Michelle NijhuisA science journalist based in the Pacific Northwest, and a contributor to National Geographic.
米歇尔·尼休斯 (Michelle Nijhuis) 是太平洋西北地区的一名科学记者，也是《国家地理》的撰稿人。
## The darkness at the heart of Malheur: A Westerner traces the roots – and meaning – of the Oregon occupation.
## 马卢尔内心的黑暗：一位西方人追溯俄勒冈占领的根源和意义。
(Hal Herring, High Country News)
（哈尔·鲱鱼，高地国家新闻）
The best of the many stories that chronicled the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife refuge in early 2016.
这是记录 2016 年初马卢尔国家野生动物保护区武装占领事件的众多故事中最好的一个。
Herring, who describes himself as a “gun-soaked, nature-obsessed malcontent,” hangs in, listens hard, and emerges with a humane but unsparing portrait of the occupiers.
赫林将自己描述为“一个充满枪声、痴迷于自然的不满者”，他坚持不懈，认真倾听，并以人道但无情的占领者形象出现。
“The nature of evil is to take a truth and twist it,” he concludes, “sometimes as much as 180 degrees.”
“邪恶的本质就是接受事实并扭曲它，”他总结道，“有时甚至可以达到 180 度。”
Erika HayasakiAn associate professor in the Literary Journalism Program at UC Irvine who writes features for The Atlantic, Wired, Newsweek and others, and is the author of The Death Class: A True Story About Life
早崎艾里卡 (Erika Hayasaki) 加州大学欧文分校文学新闻学项目副教授，为《大西洋月刊》、《连线》、《新闻周刊》等撰写专题报道，也是《死亡阶级：关于生命的真实故事》一书的作者
## Machine Bias: There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals.
## 机器偏差：全国各地都在使用软件来预测未来的犯罪分子。
And it’s biased against blacks.(Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica)
而且它对黑人有偏见。（Julia Angwin、Jeff Larson、Surya Mattu 和 Lauren Kirchner，ProPublica）
ProPublica had one of the best stories of the year with its investigation into machine bias and how it can impact minorities.
ProPublica 发布了今年最好的报道之一，它调查了机器偏见及其对少数群体的影响。
Brilliantly reported and eye-opening, this piece shows how important it is to have experienced data journalists on staff doing investigative, longform reporting and writing.
这篇文章的报道精彩，令人大开眼界，展示了拥有经验丰富的数据记者进行调查、长篇报道和写作的重要性。
ProPublica’s reporting exposed how algorithms work behind the scenes of our lives, with most of us not understanding the intricate programming or methodology that goes into it.
ProPublica 的报告揭示了算法如何在我们生活的幕后工作，而我们大多数人并不理解其中复杂的编程或方法。
In our blindness, these algorithms make decisions for us—and these decisions can have serious consequences.
在我们的盲目性中，这些算法为我们做出决策，而这些决策可能会产生严重的后果。
Biases and prejudices are built into machines and if more attention is not paid to this future, we will find ourselves in a scarier and perhaps more prejudiced and unequal society than ever before.
偏见和偏见是内置于机器中的，如果不更多地关注这个未来，我们将发现自己处于一个比以往任何时候都更可怕、或许更偏见和不平等的社会。
ProPublica’s ongoing reporting on this topic exposes this reality, warning us of what may happen if we don’t pay attention and keep the pressure on designers and creators of this technology to remain aware.
ProPublica 对这一主题的持续报道揭露了这一现实，警告我们，如果我们不注意，并向这项技术的设计者和创造者施加压力，让其保持警惕，可能会发生什么。
## Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City (Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine
## 在隔离城市为我的女儿选择一所学校（Nikole Hannah-Jones，纽约时报杂志
Sometimes an investigation that begins within your own life can lead to illuminating reporting about the world beyond.
有时，从你自己的生活中开始的调查可能会带来关于外部世界的启发性报道。
This is what Nikole Hannah-Jones’ reporting on choosing a school for her own daughter in a segregated city does so poignantly.
这就是尼科尔·汉娜·琼斯（Nikole Hannah-Jones）关于在一个种族隔离的城市为自己的女儿选择学校的报道中令人心酸的地方。
It begins with a choice that many parents must face.
这始于许多父母必须面对的选择。
When you are a parent of color, the idea of diversity in education is not as simple as “a boutique offering for the children of the privileged,” as Jones writes, one that “does little to ensure quality education for poor black and Latino children.” Intentional school integration, as she points out “almost never occurs unless it’s in the interests of white students.” Through her expert storytelling, she is able to weave the personal narrative choice with the historical and social backstory of segregation in American schools, making for a thoroughly researched and captivating read.
当你是有色人种的父母时，教育多元化的想法并不像琼斯所写的那样简单，只是“为特权阶层的孩子提供精品教育”，“对确保贫困黑人和拉丁裔儿童的优质教育几乎没有什么帮助”。正如她指出的那样，有意的学校融合“除非符合白人学生的利益，否则几乎永远不会发生”。通过她专业的故事讲述，她能够将个人的叙事选择与美国学校种族隔离的历史和社会背景交织在一起，使之成为一本经过彻底研究和引人入胜的读物。
Tove K.
托夫·K.
DanovichA freelance journalist based in Portland, Oregon, whose work has appeared in Best Food Writing 2016, Lucky Peach, New York Times, and others.
达诺维奇是俄勒冈州波特兰市的一名自由记者，其作品曾发表在《2016 年最佳美食写作》、《Lucky Peach》、《纽约时报》等杂志上。
## History in Wax: How a museum in Baltimore shapes African American history—in wax.
## 蜡像历史：巴尔的摩的一家博物馆如何用蜡像塑造非裔美国人的历史。
(Alison Kinney, Lapham’s Quarterly)
（艾莉森·金尼，《拉帕姆季刊》）
Until I read Alison Kinney’s essay for Lapham’s Quarterly, I would have never guessed a wax museum could be so moving or so political.
在我读到艾莉森·金尼（Alison Kinney）为《拉帕姆季刊》撰写的文章之前，我从来没有想到蜡像馆会如此感人或如此具有政治意义。
Kinney visited the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore only two weeks after Freddie Gray’s death and her account of watching a group of schoolchildren go through wax exhibits depicting lynchings, slavery, poverty, as well as Black role models is arresting.
弗雷迪·格雷去世仅两周后，金尼就参观了位于巴尔的摩的国家伟大黑人蜡像馆，她观看一群学童参观描绘私刑、奴隶制、贫困以及黑人榜样的蜡像的描述引人入胜。
This essay ties my stomach in knots every time I read it.
这篇文章每次读到我都感到胃部打结。
Kinney, whose book about the history and symbolism of hoods came out earlier this year, is a master at tackling difficult subjects without moralizing.
金尼在今年早些时候出版了一本关于头巾的历史和象征意义的书，他是一位在不说教的情况下解决困难主题的大师。
First, she shows how important this museum is to its curators, then to its visitors, and the reader is left understanding why these exhibits should be required viewing for all Americans.
首先，她展示了这座博物馆对其策展人以及参观者的重要性，读者会明白为什么所有美国人都应该观看这些展品。
Sara BenincasaScreenwriter, comedian, and writer, whose books include Agorafabulous, Great, DC Trip, and Real Artists Have Day Jobs.
萨拉·贝宁卡萨 (Sara Benincasa) 编剧、喜剧演员和作家，著作包括《Agorafabulous》、《Great》、《DC Trip》和《Real Artists Have Day Jobs》。
## Dear Trump Supporter, Who Says They Love Me (Amanda Deibert, Medium)
## 亲爱的特朗普支持者，谁说他们爱我（Amanda Deibert，Medium）
It is a sad, angry, compassionate, deeply horrified piece of writing that invites the reader to look into the mind and the family life of a married lesbian mother whose family is truly threatened by the policies represented by Mike Pence and Donald Trump.
这是一篇悲伤、愤怒、富有同情心、令人深感恐惧的文章，邀请读者深入了解一位已婚女同性恋母亲的思想和家庭生活，她的家庭确实受到迈克·彭斯和唐纳德·特朗普所代表的政策的威胁。
For many readers, her story presented something real they could offer to their own families, a set of cohesive and coherent talking points sorely needed in communication moving forward.
对于许多读者来说，她的故事展示了他们可以为自己的家人提供的一些真实的东西，这是前进的沟通中急需的一系列有凝聚力和连贯性的谈话要点。
Amanda is an actress and a writer of comics (Wonder Woman ’77, John Carpenter’s Tales of a Halloween Night Vol. 2 and more).
阿曼达是一位演员和漫画作家（《神奇女侠 ’77》、约翰·卡彭特的《万圣节之夜的故事》第 2 卷等）。
She’s presently at work on a 24-hour climate change live webcast script for a production group headed by former VP Al Gore.
她目前正在为前副总统阿尔·戈尔 (Al Gore) 领导的制作组编写 24 小时气候变化网络直播脚本。
She worked on the first edition of that project along with a crew beside the Eiffel Tower the night of the Paris attacks on November 13, 2015.
2015 年 11 月 13 日巴黎袭击当晚，她与埃菲尔铁塔旁的工作人员一起完成了该项目的第一版。
She is on Twitter at @AmandaDeibert.
她的推特账号为@AmandaDeibert。
Christine Hyung-Oak LeeA writer whose memoir, Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember, is due from Ecco/Harper Collins in February.
克里斯汀·亨-奥克·李 (Christine Hyung-Oak Lee) 是一位作家，她的回忆录《告诉我你不记得的一切》将于 2 月由 Ecco/Harper Collins 出版。
## How Simple is That?
## 这有多简单？
At Home With Ina Garten (Sandra Allen, BuzzFeed)
和伊娜·加滕在家（桑德拉·艾伦、BuzzFeed）
Sandra Allen wrote a profile about Ina that is also about socioeconomic access.
桑德拉·艾伦 (Sandra Allen) 写了一篇关于艾娜 (Ina) 的简介，其中也涉及社会经济机会。
Her description of Ina Garten’s familiar, curated image is engaging and also edged, because Allen does not fail to note that Garten is someone people clamor to imitate, but cannot inhabit.
她对伊娜·加滕熟悉的、精心策划的形象的描述既引人入胜，又尖锐，因为艾伦没有忘记，加滕是一个人们渴望模仿的人，但却无法居住。
How Ina Garten’s recipes are simple, and yet also privileged in their ingredients and yield.
Ina Garten 的食谱非常简单，但其成分和产量也很出色。
She asks who Garten’s cooking is for, and for whom it is not.
她问加滕的烹饪是为谁准备的，而不是为谁准备的。
Garten is in so many ways Martha Stewart’s successor, but one happily married to “Jeffrey,” that differentiator becoming a core part of her public face.
从很多方面来说，加滕都是玛莎·斯图尔特的继任者，但她与“杰弗里”的婚姻幸福美满，这一与众不同之处成为她公众形象的核心部分。
I myself have never understood Ina Garten’s popularity—once, she made a face of disgust upon smelling kimchi, and that ended any respect I had for her.
我自己一直不理解伊娜·加滕（Ina Garten）的受欢迎程度——有一次，她一闻泡菜就做出厌恶的表情，这让我对她不再有任何尊重。
But this—this helped me understand the phenomenon of Garten and her admiring fanbase.
但这帮助我理解了加滕的现象和她钦佩的粉丝群。
The best part of this profile is when Allen herself tries to bridge the gap between the observer and Garten’s life.
这篇简介中最精彩的部分是艾伦本人试图弥合观察者与加滕生活之间的差距。
She shares the following:
她分享以下内容：
“I thought a lot about this particular kind of feminism in which women can be successful in our own right, but are more successful when we’re paired with, and serving, powerful men.
“我对这种特殊的女权主义思考了很多，在这种女权主义中，女性可以凭自己的力量取得成功，但当我们与有权势的男性合作并为他们服务时，她们会更成功。
Like a lot of women in this country, I had supposed throughout my lifetime that we were marching forever toward greater gender equality.
像这个国家的许多女性一样，我一生都认为我们正在永远朝着更大的性别平等迈进。
As I cooked these recipes this fall, I did not know that I was living through what might have been a high-water mark.
当我今年秋天烹饪这些食谱时，我不知道我正在经历可能的高水位线。
“I thought about the whiteness of her sensibility—her heeding, generally, to European and American culinary traditions, albeit with the occasional recipe for vegetable sushi, or roasted salmon tacos.
“我想到了她的敏感性——她总体上遵循欧洲和美国的烹饪传统，尽管偶尔也会采用蔬菜寿司或烤三文鱼炸玉米饼的食谱。
(In East Hampton, we talked about Tahiland—she’d stayed in Bangkok one summer when Jeffrey was in the Army.
（在东汉普顿，我们谈论了塔希兰——有一年夏天，杰弗里参军时她住在曼谷。
I’d asked her whether she liked the food.
我问她是否喜欢这些食物。
“I’m not that crazy—I dunno,” she said, “I didn’t know to understand Thai food at the time.
“我没那么疯狂——我不知道，”她说，“当时我不知道如何理解泰国菜。
Not that I do now.
我现在不这样做。
It was fun.
很有趣。
We had fun.”)
我们玩得很开心。”）
“I thought a lot, too, about who her recipes are for—which is to say, who they are accessible to.
“我也想了很多关于她的食谱是为谁准备的——也就是说，谁可以使用它们。
I wondered a lot about people who loved Ina’s recipes and could not afford, say, syrupy aged balsamic vinegar, saffron threads, dry sherry.
我很想知道那些喜欢伊娜的食谱却买不起糖浆陈年香醋、藏红花线、干雪利酒的人。
Ina often says that her recipes are made of “ingredients you can get at a grocery store,” and there is a question as to who “you” is in a sentence like this, and also which grocery store.”
伊娜经常说她的食谱是由“你可以在杂货店买到的原料”制成的，在这样的句子中存在一个问题，即“你”是谁，以及哪家杂货店。”
Don Van Natta, Jr.Senior writer at ESPN.
Don Van Natta, Jr.ESPN 资深撰稿人。
## 13, Right Now, (Jessica Contrera, The Washington Post)
## 13，现在，（杰西卡·孔特雷拉，《华盛顿邮报》）
From the show-me, don’t-tell-me school of narrative nonfiction, Jessica Contrera’s feature for The Washington Post describes in lyrical detail what it’s like to be a 13-year-old girl, tethered 24/7 to social media’s fickle instant-notification culture of likes and emoticons.
杰西卡·康特雷拉（Jessica Contrera）为《华盛顿邮报》撰写的专题报道来自“告诉我，别告诉我”的叙事非小说流派，以抒情的细节描述了一个 13 岁女孩的感受，她每天 24/7 都被社交媒体变幻无常的点赞和表情符号即时通知文化所束缚。
As the Dad of a pair of teenage daughters whose glowing multiple screens loom too large in their frenetic lives, I found the story of Katherine Pommerening’s online life achingly true and moving.
作为一对十几岁女儿的父亲，她们疯狂的生活中闪闪发光的多个屏幕显得过于突出，我发现凯瑟琳·波默宁的网络生活故事真实而感人。
In ways that are instructive and cautionary, Contrera dramatizes how we struggle to help our children navigate the ever-changing digital terrain, even as we struggle to master it ourselves.
孔特雷拉以具有启发性和警示性的方式生动地描述了我们如何努力帮助我们的孩子驾驭不断变化的数字领域，即使我们自己也在努力掌握它。
Ruth CurryCo-publisher of Emily Books; writer, whose work has appeared in Buzzfeed, the Paris Review Daily, Nylon, Bookforum, and n+1; and author of the newsletter Coffee & TV.
露丝·库里 (Ruth Curry) 艾米丽图书 (Emily Books) 联合出版商；作家，其作品曾出现在 Buzzfeed、《巴黎评论日报》、Nylon、Bookforum 和 n+1 上；也是时事通讯《Coffee & TV》的作者。
## Riding the Rails of the Underground Abortion Railroad from Texas to New Mexico (Taylor Prewitt, Broadly)
## 乘坐从德克萨斯州到新墨西哥州的地下堕胎铁路的铁轨（泰勒·普威特，广泛）
I wish this story didn’t have to exist but I’m glad I read it.
我希望这个故事不必存在，但我很高兴读到它。
In Texas, where Medicaid insurance cannot be used to cover abortions, and where HB2 (the subject of Wendy Davis’s 2013 filibuster) left only 18 clinics (mostly concentrated in urban areas) serving the entirety of a massive state, it is exceedingly difficult for low-income women to get abortions.
在得克萨斯州，医疗补助保险不能用于支付堕胎费用，而且 HB2（温迪·戴维斯 2013 年阻挠的主题）只剩下 18 家诊所（主要集中在城市地区）为整个州提供服务，低收入妇女获得堕胎极其困难。
Sample sentence: “The necessity to secure both travel funds and procedure funds makes access an elusive, moving puzzle made up of ever changing pieces for women who are often piece-mealing funding from two or more providers on the side of coordinating travel plans.
例句：“对于女性来说，获得旅行资金和手术资金的必要性使得获得一个难以捉摸的、不断变化的拼图，这些拼图由不断变化的部分组成，她们经常从两个或多个提供者那里获得零碎的资金来协调旅行计划。
Flights can be missed, appointment can be cancelled or rescheduled, funding can fall through forcing appointments to be cancelled or rescheduled, and so on.” This piece reports on the network of small organizations that help women put together the money (often in increments of $50 or $100 at a time) for both the procedure and coordinate the necessary travel arrangements.
航班可能会错过，预约可能会被取消或重新安排，资金可能会因强制取消或重新安排预约而减少，等等。”这篇文章报道了一些小型组织网络，这些组织帮助女性筹集资金（通常每次增加 50 美元或 100 美元）用于手术并协调必要的旅行安排。
Haley CullinghamSenior editor, Hazlitt
Haley CullinghamHazlitt 高级编辑
## What Bill Cosby Taught Me About Sexual Violence and Flying (Kiese Laymon, Literary Hub)
## 比尔·科斯比教我关于性暴力和飞行的知识（Kiese Laymon，文学中心）
This year, I think the storytelling we yearned for most was work that felt up to the task of capturing a state of reckoning.
今年，我认为我们最渴望的讲故事是能够捕捉到一种清算状态的作品。
Kiese Laymon’s piece on the Cosby assault allegations distills so many of the issues raised by that abuse.
基斯·雷蒙（Kiese Laymon）关于科斯比袭击指控的文章提炼了这种虐待行为引发的许多问题。
## The Earth Mover (Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker)
## 推土机（达纳·古德伊尔，《纽约客》）
There should be a word (maybe there is one) for art crafted so well that your brain remembers it not as though you consumed it, but as though it happened to you.
应该有一个词（也许有一个）来形容艺术制作得如此之好，以至于你的大脑记住它时不像你消耗了它，而是好像它发生在你身上。
For me, this piece by Dana Goodyear about the work of Michael Heizer, evokes that sensation.
对我来说，达纳·古德伊尔（Dana Goodyear）关于迈克尔·海泽（Michael Heizer）作品的这篇文章唤起了这种感觉。
A truly incredible work of profile writing.
一部真正令人难以置信的简介写作作品。
Keith GessenA founder of n+1
Keith Gessenn+1创始人
## Canvassing (Nikil Saval, n+1)
## 拉票（尼基尔·萨瓦尔，n+1）
This may be, as they say in my part of the internet, overdetermined, but I think the most overlooked story of 2016 was the fact that millions of people came out to vote in the Democratic primaries for a 74-year-old socialist from Vermont.
正如我在互联网上所说的那样，这可能是过度决定的，但我认为 2016 年最被忽视的故事是数百万人在民主党初选中投票给一位来自佛蒙特州的 74 岁社会主义者。
In my lifetime I have never seen a political candidate on the national stage say such simple and true things as what Bernie said (that everyone is entitled to medical care; that everyone is entitled to an education; that the United States is not simply a blameless actor on the bloody stage of geopolitics), and what’s more I have never seen these ideas receive such a passionate response.
在我的一生中，我从未见过哪个政治候选人在国家舞台上说出伯尼所说的如此简单而真实的话（每个人都有权获得医疗保健；每个人都有权接受教育；美国不仅仅是血腥的地缘政治舞台上无可指责的演员），而且我从未见过这些想法得到如此热烈的回应。
Nikil Saval’s description of canvassing for Bernie in Philadelphia for several weeks in April, and then experiencing his defeat at a bar called The Gaslight, combines a tender reflection on the difficulty of being both a person in the world and a political actor, with a foreshadowing of the raw shock all of us would experience, with much more justified horror, seven months later.
尼基尔·萨瓦尔描述了四月份在费城为伯尼拉票的几周时间，然后在一家名为“煤气灯下”的酒吧经历了他的失败，结合了对作为一个人和一个政治演员的困难的温柔反思，并预示了七个月后我们所有人都会经历的原始震惊，以及更合理的恐惧。
“Everyone meets at a bar called The Gaslight.
“每个人都在一家名为 The Gaslight 的酒吧见面。
As soon as I enter, someone asks, ‘Did you see?’ When I look at the screen, I see the result.
我一进去，就有人问：“你看到了吗？”当我看屏幕时，我看到了结果。
Hillary Clinton is standing at a podium next to a giant version of her stolid blue-and-red icon, the H-arrow, somewhere in the Philadelphia Convention Center.
费城会议中心某处，希拉里·克林顿 (Hillary Clinton) 站在讲台上，旁边是她冷漠的蓝红标志 H 形箭头的巨型版本。
It looks like something out of Citizen Kane.”
这看起来就像是《公民凯恩》里的东西。”
Brendan BorrellA freelance writer in Brooklyn.
布伦丹·博雷尔（Brendan Borrell）是布鲁克林的自由撰稿人。
## The Long Rescue (Sonia Faleiro, Harper’s)
## 漫长的救援（索尼娅·法莱罗，哈珀杂志）
This story reads like a Grimm’s fairy tale.
这个故事读起来就像格林童话。
It’s about an Indian father’s quest to rescue his children from enslavement in a brick factory across the border in Nepal.
这是关于一位印度父亲试图将他的孩子从尼泊尔边境的一家砖厂的奴役中解救出来的故事。
The details are as cruel as you might imagine — the children were beaten with horsewhips — but the story has a timeless, placeless quality to it.
细节正如你想象的那样残酷——孩子们被马鞭抽打——但这个故事却有一种永恒、不受地点限制的特质。
The mother doesn’t tell the absent father about the disappearance of three of their five children until ten days after the fact.
直到十天后，母亲才告诉缺席的父亲五个孩子中的三个失踪了。
Once informed, he sets off on an incredible journey to save them, blocked at every front by corruption, incompetence, and heartlessness.
得知消息后，他踏上了拯救他们的不可思议的旅程，但腐败、无能和无情却在各个方面都阻碍了他们。
It’s hard to believe this stuff is still happening.
很难相信这种事情还在发生。
“Children .
“孩子们。”
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are the cheapest and most easily manipulated form of labor,” Faleiro writes, “Even the poorest adults are more likely to stand up to exploitation.”
是最便宜、最容易操纵的劳动力形式，”法莱罗写道，“即使是最贫穷的成年人也更有可能抵制剥削。”
Bradford PearsonManaging editor at Southwest: the Magazine; writer.
布拉德福德·皮尔森（Bradford Pearson）《西南：杂志》执行编辑；作家。
## “I Can’t Make You Love Me”: A 25th Anniversary Oral History (Ryan Lease, Stereogum)
## “我不能让你爱我”：25 周年口述历史（Ryan Lease，Stereogum）
I will look back and think of 2016 as the year I finally came around to oral histories.
回顾过去，我会想到 2016 年是我终于开始接受口述历史的一年。
(Many others, especially my wife, will say I should probably remember it as the year I had my first child.
（许多其他人，尤其是我的妻子，会说我可能应该记住这一年是我生第一个孩子的那一年。
I can remember both fondly, I’ll respond.
我都记得很深，我会回应。
I contain multitudes, I’ll say.) From Slate’s exhaustive, emotive look at Angels in America (by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois) to Complex’s examination of Drake’s airball at the University of Kentucky’s Big Blue Madness (by Eric Koreen), it was an A+ year for the form.
我会说，我包含了很多人。）从 Slate 对《Angels in America》（由 Isaac Butler 和 Dan Kois 创作）的详尽、充满感情的审视，到 Complex 对 Drake 在肯塔基大学的 Big Blue Madness 中的气球的审视（由 Eric Koreen 创作），今年的形式是 A+ 年。
Nowhere is that more evident than in Ryan Leas’ look at, as the subhead reads, “the backstory of a modern standard.” Leas took a song that we all know and dug into its genesis, development, and legacy, somehow managing to make even the most nuanced instrumental choices interesting.
正如副标题所示，瑞安·莱斯 (Ryan Leas) 对“现代标准的背景故事”的看法最为明显。莱斯选择了一首我们都知道的歌曲，并深入研究了它的起源、发展和遗产，以某种方式设法让即使是最细微的乐器选择也变得有趣。
Would you judge me if I said I cried during an oral history about a Bonnie Raitt song?
如果我说我在讲述邦妮·瑞特歌曲的口述历史时哭了，你会评判我吗？
If so, judge away.
如果是这样，请判断。
Then listen to the gauzy, early-90’s-flecked demo of the song, embedded into the story, and try not to do the same.
然后听一下嵌入故事中的、带有 90 年代早期风格的歌曲小样，并尽量不要做同样的事情。
Julia RubinExecutive editor at Racked, where she has run the longform program since 2014.
Julia Rubin 是 Racked 的执行编辑，自 2014 年以来一直负责该长篇项目。
## How Blac Chyna Beat the Kardashians at Their Own Game (Sylvia Obell, BuzzFeed)
## Blac Chyna 如何在卡戴珊姐妹自己的游戏中击败他们（Sylvia Obell，BuzzFeed）
This is perhaps the smartest piece of writing about the Kardasho-Jenner universe I have ever read, and certainly one of my favorite pieces of cultural criticism all year.
这也许是我读过的关于卡达肖-詹纳宇宙的最聪明的文章，当然也是我全年最喜欢的文化批评文章之一。
Sylvia Obell masterfully charts Blac Chyna’s rise from Miami’s famed King of Diamonds strip club to the gated communities of Calabasas, detailing how “the Kardashians, a family often accused of stealing black men, black features, and black culture, got beat at their own game by a black woman.” It’s a totally engrossing read made all the more relevant with each passing Kardashian “news” item that floods your feed.
西尔维娅·奥贝尔巧妙地描绘了布拉克·奇纳从迈阿密著名的钻石之王脱衣舞俱乐部到卡拉巴萨斯封闭社区的崛起历程，详细描述了“卡戴珊家族，一个经常被指控窃取黑人男性、黑人特征和黑人文化的家族，如何在他们自己的游戏中被一名黑人女性击败。”这是一本完全引人入胜的读物，与每条充斥着你的信息流的卡戴珊“新闻”项目都更加相关。
## My Wife and I Are (Both) Pregnant (Alexa Tsoulis-Reay, The Cut)
## 我和我的妻子（都）怀孕了（Alexa Tsoulis-Reay，The Cut）
Written as a conversation between Kate Elazegui and Emily Kehe — who are married and gave birth to baby boys four days apart — this is a fascinating look at pregnancy and motherhood.
这是凯特·埃拉泽吉 (Kate Elazegui) 和艾米丽·凯赫 (Emily Kehe) 之间的对话——她们已婚，并且相隔四天生下了男婴——这是对怀孕和母亲身份的精彩审视。
The women’s experiences could not be more different, from the fertility process to nursing, and it’s a piece about a relationship on top of all that.
从生育过程到护理，这些女性的经历截然不同，而且这是一篇关于除此之外的关系的文章。
I love that this is an as-told-to; having them tell their story in their own words is incredibly powerful.
我喜欢这是一个老生常谈的事情；让他们用自己的话讲述自己的故事是非常有力量的。
Also, the photos are terrific.
另外，照片很棒。
Will HermesContributing editor at Rolling Stone, author of Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
威尔·赫尔墨斯（Will Hermes）《滚石》杂志特约编辑、《爱情走向着火的建筑》作者
## Fair Dancin’ Mad: A Scottish Town Fights Trump (Rebecca Donner, The Rumpus)
## Fair Dancin' Mad：苏格兰小镇与特朗普的战斗（丽贝卡·唐纳，The Rumpus）
Donner’s tale begins with Mickey Foote, ex-manager of The Clash, explaining “how Trump hoodwinked his country.” Join the club, buddy.
唐纳的故事始于 The Clash 的前经理米基·福特 (Mickey Foote) 解释“特朗普如何欺骗他的国家”。加入俱乐部吧，伙计。
However, this energetically reported piece surfaced before election day, when it was lost in the flood of outraged hot mic op-eds and other controversies.
然而，这篇报道激烈的文章在选举日之前浮出水面，但在大量愤怒的麦克风评论和其他争议中消失了。
In retrospect, it reads like a far more salient indictment of Trump’s character, and the dangers it presents, with respect to his wielding of political power.
回想起来，它读起来像是对特朗普性格及其在行使政治权力方面所带来的危险的更为明显的控诉。
Revealing how the real estate hustler built a golf course on a stretch of protected, environmentally fragile Scottish coastline by coercion, misrepresentation, lying, conniving, bribing, grandstanding and spin-doctoring, Donner tells the story through the heroically stubborn locals – Foote included – who’ve refused to sell their homes to facilitate the project, in spite of Trump’s ugly hardball pressure tactics.
唐纳揭露了这位房地产骗子如何通过胁迫、歪曲事实、撒谎、纵容、贿赂、哗众取宠和虚假操纵，在一片受保护、环境脆弱的苏格兰海岸线上建造了一座高尔夫球场，唐纳通过英勇顽固的当地人（包括富特）讲述了这个故事，尽管特朗普采取了丑陋的强硬施压策略，但他们拒绝出售自己的房屋来促进该项目。
It’s a David and Goliath tale so good, the New York Times would report their own version, which ran on their front page.
这是一个大卫和歌利亚的故事，非常精彩，《纽约时报》会报道他们自己的版本，并在头版上刊登。
But Donner got there first, and by then, the story’s villain was our president-elect.
但唐纳先到了那里，到那时，故事的反派就是我们的当选总统。
Chloe CaldwellAuthor of three books: Legs Get Led Astray, Women, and I’ll Tell You in Person
克洛伊·考德威尔三本书的作者：《腿被引入歧途》、《女人》和《我会亲自告诉你》
## The Storytellers (Amanda Feinman, Entropy Magazine)
## 讲故事的人（Amanda Feinman，熵杂志）
Amanda Feinman has a deceptively gentle voice, sprinkled with surprising zings, profound insight, and sharp feminism.
阿曼达·费曼 (Amanda Feinman) 有着看似温柔的声音，充满着令人惊讶的活力、深刻的洞察力和尖锐的女权主义。
I can’t wait to watch her voice grow in the literary community.
我迫不及待地想看到她的声音在文学界成长。
Sari BottonWriter, contributing editor to Longreads, editorial director of the non-profit TMI Project, and owner of Kingston Writers’ Studio.
Sari BottonWriter，Longreads 的特约编辑，非营利组织 TMI 项目的编辑总监，以及 Kingston Writers’ Studio 的所有者。
## Why Am I So Fat?
## 为什么我这么胖？
(Sara Benincasa, Medium)
（萨拉·贝宁卡萨，中）
While it has been pointed out that this piece can be seen as problematic in ways, I loved Sara Benincasa’s subversive response to the guy who wrote her asking, “Why did you gain so much weight?” It’s brilliant, biting, and hilarious–and it includes links to much of the great work she’s been doing “between when I started gaining weight (2011) and now (2016).”
虽然有人指出这篇文章在某些方面可能存在问题，但我喜欢萨拉·贝宁卡萨（Sara Benincasa）对写信给她询问“你为什么体重增加了这么多？”的人的颠覆性回应。它精彩、辛辣、搞笑，其中包含了她“从我开始增重（2011 年）到现在（2016 年）”所做的许多伟大工作的链接。
## Confessions of a Porn Addict (Benjamin Obler, The Times of London, Sunday Magazine)
## 一个色情成瘾者的自白（Benjamin Obler，伦敦泰晤士报，星期日杂志）
I choose this for the “under-recognized” category because it came out too late in the year–December 17th–for it to land on nominators’ other best of lists for 2016.
我选择它作为“未被充分认可”的类别，因为它在今年 12 月 17 日发布得太晚了，以至于无法进入提名者 2016 年的其他最佳列表。
Novelist Ben Obler’s first non-fiction piece about overcoming porn addiction–and more specifically unconsciously testing his “sobriety” by choosing a mate who triggered his addictive behaviors–was published here on Longreads in August.
小说家本·奥布勒 (Ben Obler) 的第一部非小说类作品是关于克服色情成瘾的，更具体地说，是通过选择一个引发他成瘾行为的伴侣来无意识地测试他的“清醒”，八月份在 Longreads 上发表。
For the Times, he takes the story further, bravely delving into the difficult process of recovery.
对于《泰晤士报》，他进一步讲述了这个故事，勇敢地探究了艰难的康复过程。