Readings

Female Authority and the Male Leadership Myth

In the notoriously sexist and gossipy restaurant industry, "bosses" become "bitches" far too easily.

Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise

On Dennis Hopper's disavowed art-crime failure Backtrack, a film combining the work of Jenny Holzer, Jodie Foster as a glam-rock Patty Hearst, and Bob Dylan in a hardhat.

Origin Story

Why I'm moving back to Pakistan. 

Right Now, Forever

On preserving and celebrating the present, from Meerkat to Knausgaard, one fresh crisis after another for all eternity.

My Mother's (Terrified) Daughter

Growing up, my mother's fearlessness let me pretend I was brave. But as she's grown more anxious, I feel the power of her protection lift.

When Life is in Your Hands

A person’s right to die means the beginning of some difficult conversations. Here, a doctor on what patients, families, and physicians need to talk about.

Bringing Death to the Table

A person's right to die means the beginning of some difficult conversations. Here, a son on what patients, families, and physicians need to talk about.

Lives From New York

On Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band and Robert Christgau's Going Into the City.

Do Fanboys Dream of Electric Cars?
An innovative company, a last-century idea. Will Apple become the new Ford?
A User's Guide to Kazuo Ishiguro

With The Buried Giant, the author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day has again conjured the unexpected. Here, an attempted primer for an indefinable writer.