Elizabeth Flock on the years she spent studying other people’s marriages in Mumbai.
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Despair All Ye Who Enter Into the Climate Change Fray
A climate change feature at New York Magazine leads a scientist to take on its extraordinary claims.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
There’s No Way Hannah Can Afford That Apartment
Over six seasons, Girls has not been even remotely realistic about the earnings of a freelance writer.
Posted inMedia
Choire Sicha’s New Role: Editor of The New York Times Styles Section
People love him. And that’s what makes him a great editor.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Steve Bannon’s Hollywood Ending
How the White House advisor turned his talent for mediocre dealmaking into a passion to “weaponize film.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
Guantánamo, Forever
After nearly a decade, Gitmo detainee Haroon Gul believed he had a chance at freedom. Then came President Trump.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story
When Sartre and Beauvoir Started a Magazine
In 1945, Les Temps modernes shocked the world with its pessimism and grim determination, and catapulted its founders into intellectual superstardom.
Posted inBlog Post
What if Free Outdoor Theater is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy?
Fox News, Bank of America, and Delta are shocked to learn about the Public Theater’s new production of ‘Julius Caesar.’
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Learning About Memory from a Woman Who Lost Hers
Lonni Sue Johnson was a successful illustrator, when the herpes simplex virus attacked her brain; she lost almost her entire lifetime of knowledge, along with the ability to form new memories. Michael Lemonick describes how she’s invaluable to neuroscientists working to understand how we make and store memories.
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In Your Dreams: A Reading List
In dreams, everything looks familiar but wrong somehow. Here are six stories about what happens between sleep and wakefulness.
