Why Do We Judge Virgins?
Rachel Hills on her new book, The Sex Myth, which explores our cultural obsession with sex and our disdain for prudishness, vanilla tastes, and virginity.
The Art of Humorous Nonfiction: A Beer in Brooklyn with the King of the A-Heds
Former Wall Street Journal reporter Barry Newman reflects on 43 years of feature stories that explore the eccentric humanity of our world.
Whale Tales: A Reading List
These four stories demonstrate humans’ multi-faceted relationship with whales—where politics, the environment and the economy intermingle with love, terror and cruelty.
A Moment of Zen: Seven Stories Looking Back at Jon Stewart’s Fake-News Legacy
Here are seven stories looking back at how Stewart became the most influential fake-news anchor in the history of television.
Fox and Friends
What’s the point of a hunt without a kill? A look inside the (nearly) bloodless world of fox hunting and a thwarted family legacy.
In the Grand Scheme of Things
What one mother learned after she discovered her daughter had albinism.
The Minds Behind Diversity in Comics: A Reading List
The people interviewed and profiled in the following pieces–creators and critics who advocate for diversity and inclusion in pages and on-screen–are the real superheroes.
The Perils of Writing About Your Own Family: A Conversation with George Hodgman
“Memoir is a total minefield, as you know. It’s best if you write the book and leave the country.”
‘The Truth of Life’: Paula Fox on the Re- (Re-) Release of Her 1970 Novel
Sari Botton talks to Paula Fox about Fox’s 1970 novel “Desperate Characters.”
Desperate Characters
An excerpt from Paula Fox’s 1970 novel: Status-conscious Sophie and Otto Bentwood attend a dinner party in Brooklyn Heights in the late sixties, shortly after Sophie sustains a bite on her hand from a stray cat.