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A memoir by Nicholas Kristof and a biography of Barbara Walters invoke halcyon days in the news business. What can we learn from their lives ..read more
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His latest show is titled “Industry,” a word that defines not just the subject matter but the artist ..read more
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The economist’s lifelong pugilism wasn’t in spite of his success—it may have been the key to it ..read more
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In nineteenth-century New York, abortion was shrouded in secrecy and stigma. But, for Madame Restell, there was no such thing as bad press ..read more
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Almost everyone in the world believes that Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty. In “Going Infinite,” the writer takes the kind of risk that his characters often do, and asks us to question that assumption ..read more
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A new biography provides a glimpse into the life of the celebrated classicist ..read more
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A new biography of the Zappos executive depicts him as a narcissist and an addict who tossed around half-baked ideas and rarely saw them through ..read more
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The cartoonist discusses the subtle brilliance behind the comic strip, and the meditative experience of reading it ..read more
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critics discuss a new biography of Elon Musk, how the archetype of the tech entrepreneur has shifted over time, and how we might move beyond it ..read more
The New Yorker » Biographies
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The artist’s experiences in the Civil War and after helped him transcend stereotypes in portraying Black experience ..read more