It’s hard to think of a single magazine piece that exerts as world-historical an influence upon its genre as Gay Talese’s “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” the 1966 Esquire profile that redefined the way that long-form journalists write about celebrities. And it really is that good. Almost half a century later, there are men’s magazines [...]
-
-
Liner notes: Storytelling with Gordon Lightfoot (yep, that’s right)
Tommy Tomlinson, under the hood
-
“Why’s this so good?” No. 75: Dan P. Lee and the father who lost everything
Joe Keohane on withholding information