Top of the Stack
So Long, Rock
Somebody Up There Liked Rocky Graziano
The Front Page
The Trash-Mouth Wisdom of Chris Rock
Rolling through Brooklyn in the late ’90s with an American Master.
William Tells
When the risk-taking star of Broadcast News was the hottest actor in Hollywood.
Poison Pen and Ink
Thompson turned himself into a totem of his own invention, and spent his days rattling the bars formed by the cage of his celebrity. His illustrator tries to put the best possible light on the matter, but betrayed and appalled, he can’t.
Dennis Hopper Bikes Back
In one of Hollywood’s hottest comebacks of the ’80s, Dennis Hopper rose from the ashes of a diabolical past.
What Joan Didion Taught Me
Sara Davidson’s 40-year friendship with Joan Didion
Bradshaw: The Indiana Jones of Magazine Journalism
Dying young fit the romantic image of the hard-drinking writer, and Bradshaw was a confirmed romantic who concocted his own literary persona: the magazine journalist as world-weary adventurer and dashing man-about-town.
Creative Tension
By studying the link between artistic creativity and mood disorders, psychologist Kay Jamison has worked to make the world safer for people with manic-depressive illness. Now she’s about to find out whether she’s succeeded
Dangerous Jane
What Becomes a Legend Most?
The Park Avenue Desperado
In this corner, wearing a brown suit and tinted glasses, weighing in with 50 exclusive promotional contracts and grossing $25 million a year…
Don’t Waste Precious Time
Tom T. Hall’s wanderings in search of inspiration ceased Friday when he died at age 85. The best of the songs he left behind take chances, confront grown-up dilemmas, and bear the stamp of a literary sensibility.
Troy Donahue Was Always Just Like He Is
In Which We Learn the Truth about Hitler and the Beautiful People
Miller’s Tale
Arthur Miller, Lion in Winter