To celebrate the achievements of Serena Williams and Roger Federer, I’d like to share two of my favorite profiles of them.
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Posted inEditor's Pick
Michael Joyce’s Second Act
In 1996, David Foster Wallace profiled tennis player Michael Joyce in one of the most celebrated pieces of sports writing ever published. Who has he become since?
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Detective of Northern Oddities
A profile of Kathy Burek, a veterinary pathologist who performs necropsies on animals (whales, sea otters, polar bears) that mysteriously turn up dead in Alaska.
Posted inEditor's Pick
One Man’s Quest to Change the Way We Die
A profile of Dr. B.J. Miller, a triple amputee whose own near-death experience in college–and his return to life afterward–inform his approach to palliative care.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
A Profile for #BachelorNation
Revisiting Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s 2014 GQ profile of Chris Harrison, the longtime host of ‘The Bachelor.’
Posted inCollege
Profiling the Difficult Subject: Our College Pick
Journalists select profile subjects for any number of reasons.
Posted inCollege
Profiling the Difficult Subject: Our College Pick
Journalists select profile subjects for any number of reasons.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
When Oscar de la Renta Told Hillary Clinton Not to Wear Black
The iconic fashion designer died yesterday at the age of 82.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
‘I Will Try to Hold on to the Intense Feeling’
It’s been a meta-adolescence. Tavi has enacted a camera-ready high-school life, one in which her fashion experimentations looked fantastic rather than just ill-fitting and strange, and the whole thing was seen as a lark, hilarity worth preserving. She’s been adopted by the pop intelligentsia, who perhaps see in her a younger version of themselves, either […]
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Pun-derful World of Competitive Punning
In L.A. Weekly, Zachary Pincus-Roth profiles 38-year-old Ben Ziek, a world pun champion titleholder.