Writer Logan Sachon: My Top Longreads of 2011
Logan Sachon writes for The Awl and other places also.
洛根·萨琼 (Logan Sachon) 也为 The Awl 和其他地方撰稿。
She lives in Virginia.
她住在弗吉尼亚州。
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• “Inside David Foster Wallace’s Private Self-Help Library,” by Maria Bustillos (The Awl)
• “走进大卫·福斯特·华莱士的私人自助图书馆”，作者：Maria Busstillos (The Awl)
This piece just blew me away, and I’m not even a DFW devotee (I’ve yet to tackle any of his books).
这篇文章让我震惊，我什至不是 DFW 的爱好者（我还没有读过他的任何一本书）。
To go to his library, to transcribe notes from his journals and books, to make it all make sense — incredible.
去他的图书馆，抄写他的日记和书籍中的笔记，让这一切变得有意义——令人难以置信。
I was as in awe of Maria’s devotion to her subject as I was of the subject itself.
我对玛丽亚对她的学科的奉献感到敬畏，就像我对这个学科本身感到敬畏一样。
• “The truth that lives there,” by Sugar (The Rumpus)
• Sugar (The Rumpus) 的“真理就在那里”
I’m a Sugar devotee; her columns have been such a help to me during a rough year.
我是糖爱好者；在我艰难的一年里，她的专栏给了我很大的帮助。
This one, in which five women ask Sugar what to do about their relationships that aren’t working, is particularly great (that last line slays).
这部剧特别精彩，其中五名女性问糖糖该如何处理她们不和谐的关系（最后一句杀了人）。
• “Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Rock Hudson, Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor,” by Anne Helen Petersen (The Hairpin)
• “经典好莱坞丑闻：洛克·赫德森，好莱坞最有资格的单身汉”，安妮·海伦·彼得森（Anne Helen Petersen）（《发夹》）
Anne’s “Scandals of Classic Hollywood” series is top notch.
安妮的“经典好莱坞丑闻”系列是一流的。
I was reared on old films and tend to long for “the good old days,” so it’s a good splash in the face to have the veneer ripped off.
我是看着老电影长大的，往往渴望“过去的美好时光”，所以被撕掉的饰面真是一个很好的打击。
I love Petersen’s style; her combination of fact and colloquial candor is so much fun.
我喜欢彼得森的风格；她将事实与口语坦率相结合非常有趣。
(Behold: “At this point, Hudson looked very much as he would for the rest of his life, which is to say he looked like a Ken doll with a dye job.
（看哪：“此时，哈德森看起来非常像他的余生，也就是说，他看起来就像一个染色的肯娃娃。
The same classic good looks, the same soft, inviting smile.
同样经典的帅气容貌，同样温柔迷人的笑容。
But dude could not act FOR SHIT.”)
但老兄不能为了狗屎而行动。”）
• “The Percentages: A biography of class,” by Sady Doyle (Tiger Beatdown)
• “百分比：阶级传记”，萨迪·多伊尔（Sady Doyle）（Tiger Beatdown）
Oh, gosh.
哦，天哪。
Sady writes these vignettes of her life with such honesty, clarity, and insight, that it’s incredible to remember that she is a young woman and these moments aren’t that far gone.
萨迪以如此诚实、清晰和洞察力写下了她生活中的这些小插曲，令人难以置信的是，她还记得自己是一个年轻女子，而这些时刻并没有那么遥远。
This one had me thinking for days, and I sent it to everyone I knew, pleading with them to read it.
这本书让我思考了好几天，我把它发给我认识的每个人，恳求他们阅读。
• “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant,” by Jose Antonio Vargas (New York Times Magazine)
• “我作为无证移民的生活”，何塞·安东尼奥·瓦尔加斯（Jose Antonio Vargas）（纽约时报杂志）
Incredibly brave piece; it gives me chills to think all that Jose risked to write this.
令人难以置信的勇敢作品；一想到何塞冒着一切风险写下这篇文章，我就感到不寒而栗。
I can’t imagine anyone reading this and still arguing for the automatic deportation of undocumented immigrants.
我无法想象有人读到这篇文章后仍然主张自动驱逐无证移民。
(Also: I consider Terry Gross’s Fresh Air Interview with Jose an essential companion piece to this one).
（另外：我认为特里·格罗斯（Terry Gross）对何塞的新鲜空气采访是本文的重要姊妹篇）。
The interviews that run in each issue of The Sun Magazine aren’t published in full online, but I love them and I’d like to tell you about them.
每期《太阳》杂志上的采访都没有在网上完整发布，但我喜欢它们，并且我想向您介绍它们。
I am a person who likes to learn things and think about stuff, and these interviews deliver.
我是一个喜欢学习和思考的人，这些采访传达了这一点。
Full text is not available online (even to subscribers), but the excerpts are substantial enough that you should know if you need to go to the new stand and get educated (just do it).
全文无法在线获取（甚至对订阅者来说也是如此），但是摘录内容足够丰富，您应该知道是否需要去新摊位并接受教育（就去做吧）。
Feb 2011: Arnie Cooper interviews Michelle Alexander on prisons as the new Jim Crow.
2011 年 2 月：阿尼·库珀 (Arnie Cooper) 采访米歇尔·亚历山大 (Michelle Alexander)，谈论监狱中的新吉姆·克劳 (Jim Crow)。
April 2011: Leslee Goodman interviews Paul Chappell, U.S. Army vet, on how he went from soldier to anti-war activist.
2011 年 4 月：莱斯利·古德曼 (Leslee Goodman) 采访美国陆军退伍军人保罗·查佩尔 (Paul Chappell)，了解他如何从士兵转变为反战活动家。
June 2011: David Kupfer interviews actor and writer Peter Coyote about his history of activism.
2011 年 6 月：大卫·库普弗 (David Kupfer) 采访演员兼作家彼得·考约特 (Peter Coyote)，了解他的激进主义历史。
September 2011: Arnie Cooper interviews environmentalist Stewart Brand about why his is pro-nuclear power and pro-GMO’s.
2011 年 9 月：阿尼·库珀 (Arnie Cooper) 采访环保人士斯图尔特·布兰德 (Stewart Brand)，了解他为何支持核能和转基因生物。
October 2011: Gillian Kendall interviews Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson about why he takes enormous risks to protect whales.
2011 年 10 月：吉莉安·肯德尔 (Gillian Kendall) 采访海洋守护者协会的保罗·沃森 (Paul Watson)，了解他为何冒着巨大风险保护鲸鱼。
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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。