Gender Studies
[Fiction] While traveling to a conference, a recently dumped gender studies professor views herself in the reflection of her airport shuttle driver.
The Office Politics of Workplace Fiction by Women
Women perform so many of the essential duties that compose modern bureaucracy. It’s about time the subset of American fiction you might call “office literature” started to reflect that.
The Secrets of the Wood Wide Web
A growing body of research is changing the way scientists think about symbiotic forest fungi, and revolutionizing our understanding of plant communication, cooperation and friendship.
The Duo That Dominates Dressage
Inside the fanciful world of dressage and how one outsider athlete and her unruly horse set a new standard in the little-known equestrian sport.
Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All
Tony Schwartz was a New York magazine writer recruited by Donald Trump to ghost write his 1987 bestseller, The Art of the Deal. He now regrets what he created and says Trump is unfit to be president.
Who Are All These Trump Supporters?
George Saunders goes on the road to attend Trump rallies to get a sense of why so many people support the controversial candidate, and an understanding of how America has become so divided.
Confessional
A profile of the savagely smart former “Bachelor” producer behind Lifetime’s “Unreal.”
Home Free
How a New York State prisoner became a jailhouse lawyer, and changed the system.
How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley
The HBO show “Silicon Valley” portrays the tech world accurately thanks to a network of more than 200 consultants, which includes “academics, investors, entrepreneurs, and employees at Google, Amazon, Netflix, and several other tech firms.”
Citizen Khan
The origins of a Muslim community in northern Wyoming is a quintessential American story. It starts more than 100 years ago with a man named Zarif Khan selling tamales in the American frontier.