Readings

This is Why You’ll Let Steve Nash Lead You

How does an average-sized white guy from a country not known for its basketball prowess become one of the game’s biggest stars and most valuable leaders? A new book charts the unlikely course, but Jack McCallum has some theories of his own.

See Who We Are: Of Apes and Child's Play

In Desmond Morris's The Naked Ape, how children play together and interact is boiled down to a set of biological rules. These rules aren't just patterns—they're rehearsal for survival.

IFOA 2013 Diary #3: Going For Broke

In our third—and final—dispatch from IFOA, Douglas Coupland remembers quitting smoking, and moderator Rodge Glass asks Craig Davidson, Tamara Daith Berger and others what is the point to all this writing.

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Fashion Blogging Is Dead

Fashion blogs were once the domain of misfit teenage girls. A few of those girls got famous, and now everyone wants in—and now the reverse is true.