If I wore more shirts, I might be a better writer

There’s a lot of kerfuffle about this piece, trying to name The Best Magazine Article Ever. Silly, harmless stuff; while as pointless as trying to choose the Best Painting or Book or Flavour Ever, it does at least remind people how good magazines are at telling stories, and bring back some old favourites. (Consider The Lobster (PDF) is always a great read, for example).

And it also gives me a chance to link to Gay Talese’s outline for his deservedly acclaimed Frank Sinatra Has A Cold piece – outined, as all his work is, on the back of a dry-cleaning shirt board.