Jessica Pressler writes for New York, Elle and GQ.

"I really like hustlers, stories about someone who comes out of nowhere and tries to do it for themselves. Those people are just easy to like. Even when they're sort of terrible, they're easy to like."

Thanks to TinyLetter and Warby Parker for sponsoring this week's episode.

Show Notes:

@jpressler

Pressler on Longform

[3:00] jessicapressler.com

[11:00] "Philadelphia Story: The Next Borough" (The New York Times • Aug 2005)

[17:00] Longform Podcast #77: Dan P. Lee

[24:00] "It’s Too Bad. And I Don’t Mean It’s Too Bad Like ‘Screw ’Em.’" (New York • Jul 2011)

[29:00] "The Dumbest Person in Your Building Is Passing Out Keys to Your Front Door!" (New York • Sep 2014)

[29:00] "Let’s, Like, Demolish Laundry" (New York • May 2014)

[30:00] "20/30 Vision" (New York • Aug 2013)

[39:00] "The GQ Cover Story: Adam Driver" (GQ • Sep 2014)

[41:00] "Adam Levine Doesn't Care If You Like Him (But He'd Really Prefer That You Did)" (GQ • Jul 2014)

[41:00] "The Full Tatum" (GQ • Mar 2011)

[43:00] "American Marvel" (Edith Zimmerman • GQ • Jul 2011)

[49:00] "A Holly Golightly for the Stripper-Embezzlement Age" (New York • Sep 2011)

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