Nathaniel Rich writes for Rolling Stone, Harper's and the New York Times Magazine. His latest novel is Odds Against Tomorrow.

"I'm drawn to obsession. I think I'm an obsessive in a way, probably most writers are. It's an obsessive act to sit at a desk by yourself."

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Rich on Longform

[15:45] "Diving Deep Into Danger" (New York Review of Books • Feb 2013)

[21:45] Odds Against Tomorrow (Farrar, Straus & Giroux • Feb 2013)

[23:30] Longform Podcast #64: Gay Talese

[23:45] The Bridge (Gay Talese • Harper & Row • 1964)

[26:15] "The Neverending Nightmare of Amanda Knox" (Rolling Stone • Jun 2011)

[26:30] "Tyler Hadley's Killer Party" (Rolling Stone • Dec 2013)

[35:30] "How to Spend 47 Hours on a Train and Not Go Crazy" (New York Times Magazine • Feb 2013)

[40:00] "For Whom the Cell Tolls" (Harper's • May 2010)

[43:45] "The Man Who Saves You From Yourself" (Harper's • Nov 2013)

[44:30] San Francisco Noir (Little Bookroom • Mar 2005)

[45:15] David Sullivan speaks at the Commonwealth Club (Jul 2010)

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