In this classic essay about a classic American art form, legendary screenwriter Daniel Fuchs reflects on his lifetime learning the trade.
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Spending Your Entire Life Wanting to Die
A profile of author Daphne Merkin, whose new memoir, This Close to Happy: A Reckoning With Depression, chronicles her six decades living with deep depression and suicidal thoughts.
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John Hinckley Left the Mental Hospital Seven Months Ago
Can a man who tried to murder a president be rehabilitated?
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Charting the Love — and Betrayal — in Our Stars
Cherise Morris turns to astrology and Beyoncé lyrics to move through a difficult moment in her relationship.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Charting the Love — and Betrayal — in Our Stars
Cherise Morris turns to astrology and Beyoncé lyrics to move through a difficult moment in her relationship.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
The Dead End on My Record Shelf
I believed that there was no music existing in the world with an unbroken connection to its original context. I was wrong.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
Father of Disorder
One woman finds insight into her father’s rage in the scientific concept of entropy.
Posted inBusiness, Nonfiction, Story
More than Make-Work
A jobs guarantee is a messy, awkward, good idea.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Essays & Criticism
The Myth of Kevin Williamson
He’s not very good at his job.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Jack, Jacqueline — Dad
Yvonne Conza wrestles with the complexities of estrangement from her dying — complicated — dad.
