Before I post what you have to read...

I am going to post some others that I also thought were very interesting or really well-written or both... Some were too long to make you all read for Wednesday, some were too similar to things I read/was interested in in Arts Journalism and I wanted to push myself into something different. They are still all good and I wanted to offer up some good reading I found after searching the internet for good narratives for wayyyy too long.

Here you go:

1. long but super interesting- Alex Shoumatoff sneaks into the the most elite good ol' boys club you can imagine to investigate reports of the likes of the Bushies, Rockefellers, and Basses cutting down the Redwoods in California: http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/05/bohemian-grove200905

2. not the newest story idea but good use of quotes and very entertaining- Melanie Berliet visits 3 plastic surgeons to see what surgeries they try to sell to her 5'9 120 pound frame
http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/02/plastic-surgery200902?currentPage=2

3. another way of approaching a story, take on a piece of it yourself- Rich Cohen grows facial hair to become part of the story, and to better tell the story of Hitler's infamous mustache
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/11/cohen200711?printable=true¤tPage=all

4. quick read, disgusted author, lots of attitude- tourists take a sex and the city bus with A.A. Gill there to judge them
http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2009/01/sex_and_the_city200901?currentPage=2


All these are from vanity fair, although there are a lot of other good places to find stories. I decided to stick to VF for fear of being overwhelmed. Enjoy!
(My post/link to read for class to come...)