Pick of the Week: "Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi" by Adam Johnson

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Pick of the Week Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi Adam Johnson • GQ The odyssey of Kim Jong-il’s personal chef. The sushi chef was leaving his apartment when he noticed the stranger outside. He could tell by the man's suit—black and badly made—that he was North Korean. Right away, the chef was nervous. Even in his midsixties, the chef is a formidable man: He has thick shoulders, a broad chest; the rings on his strong hands would one day have to be cut off. But he'd long since quit wearing his bulletproof vest, and the last time a North Korean made the journey to visit him in Japan, a decade ago, he was there to kill him. [...] More Picks The Prospect Brandon Sneed • SB Nation • June 2013 Montaous Walton couldn't throw, catch or hit. But he wanted to be a ballplayer. And with the help of the internet, the media, and an ambitious young agent, that's what he briefly became. Welcome to Mogadishu Katrina Manson • The Financial Times • June 2013 A portrait of the Somali capital. The Guilty Man Pamela Colloff • Texas Monthly • June 2013 Twenty-six years after he was wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his wife, Michael Morton sees the real killer brought to justice in a Texas courthouse. Beyond Recognition Katie Drummond • The Verge • June 2013 The story of a face transplant. His Life as a Murder Suspect James Bennet • New York Times Magazine • Sep 1999 The Yale professor suspected of murdering his student. News Longform Podcast #44: Jonathan Abrams, staff writer at Grantland "Players know that with the stories I do I'm not trying to burn anybody. I'm trying to tell a story for what it's worth and be honest to that person. ... That's one of my main goals, that you know why this person is [a certain] way when they step on the court. You know why Monta Ellis is going to keep shooting the ball. You know why Zach Randolph is such a gritty player. What these guys have gone through growing up, it materializes in their game." Listen

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