A glimpse inside the (supposed) final tour of Mötley Crüe.
2015
How Listening to Music and Fighting with Susan Sontag Helped Me Cope with Chemo
An essay about dealing with stage IV cancer and developing coping techniques.
Wolflandia: The Fight Over the Most Polarizing Animal in the West
The wolves of the Northern Rockies have polarized people who either see them as a threat to ranchers’ livelihoods or as a necessity for a balanced ecosystem.
Invincible No More
A man battles an incurable brain tumor, surrounded and supported by his college circle.
Paradise Lost: ‘I Did Not Die. I Did Not Go to Heaven’
Alex Malarkey was paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident when he was six years old. The young boy claimed to have visited heaven, seen his stillborn sister and talked with Jesus. Years later, he began to recant the story touted in his bestselling book, but no one would listen–until now. Michelle Dean reports at The Guardian.
How Paper Magazine’s Web Engineers Scaled Kim Kardashian’s Back-End
An in-depth look at how publishers on the internet prepare for an explosion of traffic.
Finding Stories in Familiar Territory: An Interview With Miranda July
We spoke recently by phone about her relationship with her characters, the evolution of her work, and where her novel came from.
Finding Stories in Familiar Territory: An Interview With Miranda July
“I feel like the creative mind is very fast in some ways and completely blind as a bat in other ways.”
Finding Stories in Familiar Territory: An Interview With Miranda July
“I feel like the creative mind is very fast in some ways and completely blind as a bat in other ways.”
The Drought Fighter
Could a controversial farmer in California have found the most effective way to grow food in a warming world?
