The Believer's Karolina Waclawiak: My Top 5 Longreads of 2011
Karolina Waclawiak is a novelist and screenwriter.
卡罗琳娜·瓦克拉维亚克 (Karolina Waclawiak) 是一位小说家和编剧。
She is also the deputy editor of The Believer.
她也是《信徒》杂志的副主编。
Her first novel, How To Get Into The Twin Palms, will be out July 2012 from Two Dollar Radio.
她的第一部小说《How To Get Into The Twin Palms》将于 2012 年 7 月在 Two Dollar Radio 出版。
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I’ve always been fascinated with religion, Russia, and missing persons stories so these five nonfiction pieces really captured my attention this year.
我一直对宗教、俄罗斯和失踪人员故事着迷，所以今年这五篇非小说类作品确实引起了我的注意。
The fallout from The New Yorker‘s Scientology piece turned out to be as compelling as the essay itself—and I had to put The New Yorker on here twice because the recent piece on Vladimir Putin is spectacular and continually evolving.
《纽约客》山达基派文章的影响与这篇文章本身一样引人注目——我不得不把《纽约客》放在这里两次，因为最近关于弗拉基米尔·普京的文章非常精彩，而且在不断发展。
Paul Collins’ piece on missing Barbara Follett was utterly haunting and Paul is a master of uncovering long-hidden mysteries.
保罗·柯林斯 (Paul Collins) 关于失踪的芭芭拉·福莱特 (Barbara Follett) 的文章令人难以忘怀，保罗是揭开长期隐藏的谜团的大师。
Everyone should check out all of his work, and I’m sure many have after reading that piece.
每个人都应该检查他的所有作品，我相信很多人在读过那篇文章后都这样做了。
And really, for the other two, who can turn away from secret cults and dead bodies found on beaches?
事实上，对于另外两个人来说，谁能拒绝秘密邪教和海滩上发现的尸体呢？
Not me.
不是我。
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“The Civil Archipelago,” David Remnick, The New Yorker
“民用群岛”，大卫·雷姆尼克，《纽约客》
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“The Apostate,” Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker
《叛教者》，劳伦斯·赖特，《纽约客》
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“The Body on Somerton Beach,” Mike Dash, Smithsonian
“萨默顿海滩上的尸体”，迈克·达什，史密森尼
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“Inside ‘The Order,’ One Mormon Cult’s Secret Empire,” Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone
“摩门教徒的秘密帝国‘教团’内部”，杰西·海德，滚石杂志
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“Vanishing Act,” Paul Collins, Lapham’s Quarterly
“消失法案”，保罗·柯林斯，《拉帕姆季刊》
BONUS
奖金
• “Love in a Cold Climate,” Nancy Jo Sales, Vanity Fair
• “寒冷气候下的爱情”，Nancy Jo Sales，《名利场》
Say what you will of Ms. Love, but she’ll always have a fan in me.
不管你对爱女士有什么看法，但她永远是我的粉丝。
• “To Have and Have Not,” Matt Tyrnauer, Vanity Fair
• “拥有与没有”，Matt Tyrnauer，《名利场》
I found myself endlessly quoting this piece on screen legend Lauren Bacall.
我发现自己不断地在银幕传奇人物劳伦·白考尔（Lauren Bacall）身上引用这句话。
• “Judy Lewis, Secret Daughter of Hollywood, Dies at 76,” Paul Vitello, The New York Times
• “好莱坞的秘密女儿朱迪·刘易斯去世，享年 76 岁”，Paul Vitello，《纽约时报》
NY Times’ fascinating obituary of Loretta Young’s illegitimate daughter with Clark Gable, Judy Lewis.
《纽约时报》刊登了洛雷塔·杨与克拉克·盖博的私生女朱迪·刘易斯的精彩讣告。
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Share your own Top 5 Longreads of 2011, all through December.
整个 12 月，分享您自己的 2011 年 5 首长读作品。
Just tag it #longreads on Twitter, Tumblr or Facebook.
只需在 Twitter、Tumblr 或 Facebook 上标记#longreads 即可。