The Weekend Longreads Edition

On glitter, art forgery, and pickup basketball.

Colin here. Short one today. We canvassed WITI contributors on some of their favorite longreads. Here is a short selection. Open some tabs, save them to Instapaper or Pocket, and dive in this weekend.

Guan:

Mother Earth, Mother Board

A Japan Times series on the Heisei Era

Marketos:

An Outside mag piece on super deep sea divers: Raising the Dead

Anita:

What is Glitter?

Graydon:

Jay Kang on his gambling addiction

Mike Abrams on Malice at the Palace

Paul Haggis vs the Church of Scientology

Noah points to his epic David Grann edition in WITI. All of those are must-reads.

Mark:

The Best Pickup-Basketball Player in America.

Ryan:

The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse Racing Code

The British Banking Dynasty that’s even older than the Rothschilds.

I’ll recommend: How to spot a perfect fake, on art forgery.

Happy 4th (if you’re stateside). See you on Tuesday next week.

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