The Charter-School Crusader
The combative Eva Moskowitz has created the nation’s most impressive school system—and made lots of enemies in the process.
Book Review
Imagining the Jellyfish Apocalypse
The stinging, gelatinous blobs could take over the world’s oceans.
How John Wayne Became a Hollow Masculine Icon
The actor’s persona was inextricable from the toxic culture of Cold War machismo.
The Rise and Fall of Rolling Stone
What happened when Jann Wenner traded the hippie dream for pop-star friends and luxury
A New Book About Formative Literary Friendships
A Secret Sisterhood explores the women who influenced Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf.
Jennifer Egan’s Surprising Swerve Into Historical Fiction
In Manhattan Beach, very few things are what they appear to be.
The Unknowable Joni Mitchell
Her music inspires a deep sense of intimacy, yet her fierce privacy is the key to her genius.
A Champion of Slow Medicine
The physician and author Victoria Sweet finds her purpose.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Convict
Katherine Dunn’s cult classic, Geek Love, has eclipsed her debut, Attic, for too long.
A Poet for the Age of Brexit
Revisiting the work of A. E. Housman