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Four women unafraid to rock (just don’t call them ballsy)
Gail O'Hara
As their much-awaited CD arrives, Wild Flag's bad-ass alt-rock superheroes discuss falling in love with music again
My prep school sabotage
Lenore Zion
My dad wanted me to get into a prestigious academy. But my interviews started going horrifically wrong
9/11 widow: What I’ve learned
Alissa Torres
This decade brought hideous lessons in trauma and bureaucracy. But in grieving Eddie's death, I found how to live
The rise and fall of Chet Baker
Greil Marcus
A brilliant biography chronicles the singer and musician's transition from jazz star to junkie
They said he had weeks to live
Debbi Harris
My son Joshua was born too soon. But in the years that followed, he struggled to hold on. So did we
Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation
Ross Simonini
In a wide-ranging interview, the Phish frontman discusses the lifelong art and craft of improvisation
“True Blood” 4×11: The witch is dead?
Erin Keane
With Sookie held hostage, the vampires must rework their battle plans against Marnie. Just one week to the finale
Censored by the CIA
Laura Miller
A 23-year veteran of the agency reveals how the vetting process is used to stifle critics of the war on terror
Obama’s “bratty, tantrum-prone child” strategy
Steve Kornacki
He's not hoping that we'll reward him for his reasonableness -- just that they'll punish his childish opponents
“Solace” by Pauls Toutonghi
Pauls Toutonghi
On the run in Misrata, the dictator comforts himself with chess -- and casual cruelty
Confessions of a bad teacher
John Owens
I took a job in the NYC public school system because I wanted to make a difference. I ended up living a nightmare
China’s biggest relocation project yet
Kathleen E. McLaughlin
Plans to move 3 million people and reroute the Yangtze River are underway
When my mother started to forget
Kate Whouley
As her memory faded, I began taking care of her in ways I never imagined -- and became terrified of what lay ahead
What’s undermining Obama’s global health project
Hanna Ingber Win
In Nepal, the president's initiative aims to improve women's health, but U.S. law forbids it from funding abortions
“Breaking Bad” 4×6, “Cornered”
Matt Zoller Seitz
Last night's episode conjures "The Godfather" -- and suggests a possible ending for the grim, great series
Can Mitt’s sanity strategy actually work?
Steve Kornacki
Mitt Romney is betting that even in today's GOP there's such a thing as too crazy -- and he may be right
What makes people happy?
Ellen Shapiro
An acclaimed graphic designer turns the lens on his own life as he works on a film exploring this eternal question
Who’s behind the New Yorker’s bin Laden exclusive?
Russ Baker
The article's heavy reliance on anonymous sources raises questions about whose story is being told
The photos that kept her alive for me
Peyton Burgess
Years after losing my fiancee, I was addicted to pictures of her, and an alternate reality where she still existed
Daddy is a wimp
Matt Mendelsohn
I can't throw a ball. I'm afraid of heights. But my biggest fear is looking like a coward in front of my daughter
“Misfits:” British superheroes just want to be teens
Drew Grant
An interview with "Misfits" creator Howard Overman on having superpowers without being at all heroic
“Jersey Shore” recap: 4×1
Drew Grant
Wherein the lovable mopes travel to Italy, go to a disco, yell
a lot and ponder ill-advised hook-ups
How a famous kitchen seduced me
Tamar Adler
Years before Prune's chef wrote a bestselling memoir, I asked her to teach me to cook -- and she changed my life
Breaking Bad 4×2: “Thirty-eight Snub”
Matt Zoller Seitz
Everyone feels edgy and traumatized as "Breaking Bad" sets up this season's action
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