Whipping Boy
A writer’s 40-year search for his school bully.
All Dressed Up for Mars and Nowhere to Go
The troubling truth about Mars One, a company that is planning to send humans on a one-way trip to Mars.
Hello, My Name Is Stephen Glass, and I’m Sorry
Stephen Glass nearly destroyed The New Republic with his fabricated stories. Sixteen years later, Hanna Rosin confronts her former colleague, who now works at a personal-injury law firm in Beverly Hills.
Honoring Your Forebears: Our College Pick
R.J. Vogt’s profile of an aging Medal of Honor winner draws the best of Esquire‘s voice, ruminating on age and death and masculinity and heroism.
Escape from Jonestown
15-year-old Tommy Bogue was sent to a promising new church settlement in Guyana—run by a charismatic leader named Jim Jones.
The Rise and Fall of John DeLorean
“It was the end of the story of John DeLorean as part of the American Dream—how a humble kid from Detroit could rise to the very top.” This story by Suzanne Snider—which details the fantastical rise and fall of John DeLorean, a former titan of the American automotive industry—first appeared in the June/July 2006 issue of Tokion.
The Walls of Berlin: A Reading List
Four stories about the Berlin Wall, from its creation to the memories it has helped shape, to mark the 25th anniversary of its fall.
Mindsuckers
When a ladybug becomes a zombie, and other examples of parasitic nightmares in nature.
Escape Artist: The Case for Joan Crawford
David Denby explores the reasons why so many people dislike Joan Crawford as well as the complicated woman behind her public persona in this compelling profile from 2011.
Forensic Topology
How Los Angeles’ built environment helped the city become a “bank robbery capital of the world.”
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