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The Brain That Changed Everything, by Luke Dittrich
When a surgeon cut into Henry Molaison’s skull to treat him for epilepsy, he inadvertently created the most important brain-research subject of our time—a man who could no longer remember, who taught us everything we know about memory.
“I, Stalkerazzi” and “Angelina Jolie and the Torture of Fame,” by John H. Richardson
John H. Richardson on our cultural infatuation with celebrity and the humanity that lurks on both sides of the camera lens.
Nureyev Dancing In His Own Shadow, by Elizabeth Kaye
At the end of a glorious career, the defiant legend takes refuge in his most cherished partner—himself.
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, by Gay Talese
And some of the most important people in some of the most important places in New York, New Jersey, Southern California and Las Vegas are suddenly developing postnasal drip
Styron’s Choices, by Philip Caputo
The artist’s life demands solitude, sensitivity, and often a little something to get him through the night. The very same things can destroy him
The American Male at Age Ten, by Susan Orlean
What it feels like to be a boy in America.
My Father, the Bachelor, by Martha Sherrill
He was a beautiful man, and someone had to liberate these women from their marriages. When he died, women grieved. Lots and lots of women.