Top of the Stack
The Making of An American Swami
Sally Kempton’s Second Act.
The Front Page
A Miracle of Faith
Carol Leland was looking for a sign. Her body battered and broken, she needed to know that her suffering wasn’t in vain. And that her God had not abandoned her.
Ivan Passer: Making It Cutter’s Way
“I always feel a little embarrassed about being a filmmaker. You ask people to give you two hours of their lives.”
Madonna: The Naked Truth
A Portrait of the Artist.
Scorsese’s Strange Realm
“This society has started to feed on celebrity, and for the wrong reasons. We reward people just for the sake of becoming known, becoming notorious, and that’s crazy.”
Norman
Dem’s Fuggin’ Fightin’ Woids.
The Education of Jim Craig
He learned to play hockey and it made him a hero—then he learned the harsh truth about that.
24 Hours on 42nd Street: Staying Alive on the Strip
The good old bad days in New York.
J. D. Salinger in Retreat…
He dwells on his hilltop in flight from his audiences, suggesting nothing so much as a fine musician singing to silent rooms with empty chairs.
Brooke Shields Walks on Glass
When Princeton’s most famous coed cuts her foot, her fans are the ones who bleed.
Raising Kane
What Becomes a Legend Most?
Is Randy Newman a Redneck Cole Porter—Or Just Strange?
“Lately, when I’m performing,” he said, “I’ve noticed that my songs are kind of … unusual.”
Have Pen, Will Travel
On the road with John Steinbeck, Flannery O’Connor, Jack Kerouac, Edward Gorey, and friends.