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  1. book excerpt
    A Trial Marriage to Stephen SondheimIn Mary Rodgers’s memoir, she says, “I can’t believe either of us put ourselves through that.”
    By Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green
  2. let’s dance
    How Kenny Loggins Cut ‘Footloose’It involved broken ribs, a failed Flashdance audition, and a songwriting session in a laundry room.
    By Kenny Loggins
  3. fierce dramas
    The Shady Nights of Williamsburg DragWhere a generation of messy stars was born.
    By Nicole Pasulka
  4. book excerpt
    Bad ReputationAccusations of copying dogged James Dean’s brief career, in part because they were true.
    By Isaac Butler
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    Kobe and Gigi, Forever CourtsideInside the Nets game that produced a father-daughter moment seen round the internet.
    By Matt Sullivan
  6. chapters
    Donald Trump’s January 6, by Michael WolffThe view from inside the Oval Office.
    By Michael Wolff
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    The Meet-Cute That Made WrestleManiaHow a ponderous wrestler and a pop star from Queens formed a friendship that started it all.
    By Jon Wertheim
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    The United States vs. ‘FDT’The first time Donald Trump was impeached wasn’t in Congress. It was in a song by YG and Nipsey Hussle.
    By Rob Kenner
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    When the Last Call Killer Came to Five OaksThe serial killer who targeted gay men in New York, in the piano bars where they sought refuge from the world.
    By Elon Green
  10. exclusive
    Dave Chappelle on Prince’s Legacy: ‘He Literally Was a Sign of the Times’Read an excerpt from Chappelle’s liner notes for the Sign o’ the Times reissue.
    By Justin Curto
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    ‘Do You Think I’m Getting Ugly?’An excerpt from Elena Ferrante’s new novel, The Lying Life of Adults, narrated by Marisa Tomei.
    By Elena Ferrante
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    I Tried to Be Twitter-FamousDespite how much I failed, I was convinced I needed to be if I ever wanted to make my mark on the literary world.
    By Shayla Lawson
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    ‘Would You Be My Kiss‑in Partner?’During a protest at Harvard, Josh Oppenheimer’s kiss shook me into the awareness that I was not quite a man.
    By Meredith Talusan
  14. audiobooks
    Hear Logic Commit Murder in Audiobook Clip From His Debut Novel, SupermarketThe rapper’s debut novel, the dark comedy Supermarket, is out today.
    By Dee Lockett
  15. book excerpt
    I Was Raised by StormBlack Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson on how the Marvel heroine influenced his activism.
    By DeRay Mckesson
  16. This Comic Is Like Sliding Doors, Except TerrifyingIce Cream Man is one of the most unsettling series on the market today.
    By Abraham Riesman
  17. How Sex and the City Landed at HBOIt was a choice between ABC, HBO, or a movie company.
    By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
  18. excerpts
    Read Kris Van Assche’s First Interview Since Leaving DiorThe designer opens up to Document Journal.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  19. An Excerpt from ‘TITLE 13,’ by Michael A. Ferro Thirty-seven pages of highly classified TITLE 13 material were reported missing at the Chicago Regional Census Center on Wednesday […]
    By Brian Boone
  20. An Excerpt from ‘Paul Ryan Magazine’: Proust Questionnaire, by Anna Heyward Paul Ryan is the unofficial magazine of the Speaker of the House, brought to you by the team behind The Neu Jorker. Edited by James H. Folta […]
    By Brian Boone
  21. An Excerpt from ‘The Best American Emails,’ by Amanda MeadowsYou’re Invited to a Screening of ~HOCKEY JERKS~ To: amandasjunkmail@ymail.com From: thescreenery@screenery.film Subject: You’re Invited to a […]
    By Brian Boone
  22. 7 Totally-Not-Made-Up Things a Brown Person Has Heard at the OfficeAn excerpt from artist Maria Qamar’s debut book, Trust No Aunty.
    By Maria Qamar
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    Why I Risked My Life to Drive in Saudi ArabiaSaudi activist Manal al-Sharif shares the story behind the Women to Drive movement.
    By Manal al-Sharif
  24. An Excerpt from ‘Man vs. Child: One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of […] WHAT WILL TODDLERS EAT? Food used to be one of your top five things—remember brunch?—but toddlers ruin food. You try to serve them […]
    By Brian Boone
  25. An Excerpt from ‘Danger…With a Hard G’ by Matthew David Brozik “You won’t mind if I ask to see some identification, I’m sure. It’s precinct policy.” The cheerfulness of the property clerk behind the […]
    By Brian Boone
  26. virtual reality
    Meet Virtual You: How Your VR Self Influences Your Real-Life SelfYour avatar can affect your behavior in the “real” world in some surprising ways. 
    By Amy Cuddy
  27. book excerpt
    How Back to the Future Replaced Eric StoltzAn excerpt from Caseen Gaines’s We Don’t Need Roads.
    By Caseen Gaines
  28. Read an Excerpt from Aziz Ansari’s New Book ‘Modern Romance’Aziz Ansari’s new book Modern Romance hits bookstores on June 16th, but today he shared a lengthy excerpt from the book with Time about how his […]
    By Megh Wright
  29. We’re Testing Children on the Wrong ThingsAre we measuring what we want to measure in education?
    By Anya Kamenetz
  30. relationships
    People Overestimate How Much Everyone Else CheatsAnd this incorrect belief could affect our own decision on whether or not to cheat on a partner.
    By Gwendolyn Seidman
  31. Your Self-Esteem Affects When and How You FlirtIs it smarter to think of the potential costs or potential rewards?
    By Lisa Hoplock
  32. marketing
    A Soda Bottle’s Shape Tricks You Into Buying ItIt’s a concept psychologists call physical fluency, and marketers are taking note. 
    By Sian Beilock
  33. relationships
    Going on a Diet With Your Partner Probably Won’t Go So WellPeople are less confident in their own goals when they see others succeeding at those same goals. 
    By Jennifer Jill Harman
  34. excerpts
    Excerpt: New Game of Thrones CompendiumThe history of Robert’s Rebellion.
    By George R.R. Martin
  35. social psychology
    Grumpy People Get the Details RightThe surprising upside of negative emotions.
    By Todd Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener
  36. relationships
    Please Don’t Drag Your Partner on A Boring Date NightNo one benefits from this. 
    By Benjamin Le
  37. Modern Medicine Changed the Way We Die, and Not Always for the BetterAn excerpt from Atul Gawande’s new book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
    By Atul Gawande
  38. The Untold Story of How the Apple Store Cube Landed in MidtownWho came up with the idea of placing a 30-foot square glass cube — the world’s “smallest skyscraper” — in the middle of the GM Building plaza?
    By Vicky Ward
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    How Kristen Wiig’s Emotional Saturday Night Live Farewell HappenedAn excerpt from the upcoming expanded edition of the oral history Live From New York.
    By James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales
  40. Read Some New Excerpts from the Updated ‘Live from New York’ BookThe new and extended version of Tom Shales and James Miller’s SNL oral history book Live from New York isn’t out until September 9th, but in […]
    By Megh Wright
  41. ‘SNL’s James Downey on Working with Norm Macdonald and Getting Fired for […]Saturday Night Live has employed hundreds of comedy writers in its four decades on the air, but no writer has been associated with the show […]
    By Mike Sacks
  42. excerpts
    Memoirs of a Non-Prom Queen“The ugly duckling myth is sentimental”: An excerpt from The Essential Ellen Willis.
    By Ellen Willis
  43. George Carlin on How He Came Up With Material, Advice to Young Comedians, […]I just released an e-book called Conversations with Carlin: An In-Depth Discussion with George Carlin about Life, Sex, Death, Drugs, Comedy, […]
    By Larry Getlen
  44. great projects
    Read an Excerpt From Prada’s New International Literary JournalEvery short story features eye glasses.
    By Julie Ma
  45. Read a Bit of Julie Klausner’s New YA NovelThe very funny Julie Klausner has a new young adult novel, Art Girls Are Easy, coming out on e-book tomorrow and in print next month, and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  46. No Worries: Chris Gethard’s Awkward Adventure in TijuanaWith the exception of a five-month stint in Los Angeles, I’ve spent my entire life living in New Jersey and Queens, and it shows. I am a […]
    By Chris Gethard
  47. Trying to Know Mitch HedbergThe following is excerpted from Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk with Me, specifically the chapter about his experiences touring with his hero, Mitch […]
    By Mike Birbiglia