Category Archives: Letter from …

This is My Jail

April 14, 2014
April 14, 2014

LETTER FROM BALTIMORE
This is My Jail
Where gang members and their female guards set the rules.

by Jeffrey Toobin

Patriot Games

March 3, 2014
March 3, 2014

LETTER FROM SOCHI
Patriot Games
Vladimir Putin lives his Olympic dream.

by David Remnick

Ottomania & Cheap Words

LETTER FROM ISTANBUL
OTTOMANIA
A hit TV show reimagines Turkey’s imperial past.

by Elif Batuman

A REPORTER AT LARGE
CHEAP WORDS
Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?

by George Packer

Shopgirls

December 23 & 30, 2013

LETTER FROM RIYADH
Shopgirl
The art of selling lingerie.
by Katherine Zoepf

Anti-semite and Jew

November 11, 2013

LETTER FROM BUDAPEST
ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW
The double life of a Hungarian politician.
by Anne Applebaum

Private Eyes

October 21, 2013

LETTER FROM HAVANA
Private Eyes
A crime novelist navigates Cuba’s shifting reality.
by Jon Lee Anderson

Bonus pick:

PROFILES
Two-hit Wonder
Jack Dorsey, of Twitter, is now making big money at Square—and is out to prove that he’s more than a lucky man.
by D.T. Max

The Pharaoh: The man who controls Egyptology.

November 16. 2009
November 16. 2009

Letter from Cairo
The Pharaoh
The man who controls Egyptology.

by Ian Parker

Money Talks: The guardian of Obama’s priorities.

May 4, 2009
May 4, 2009

Letter From Washington
Money Talks
The guardian of Obama’s priorities.

by Ryan Lizza

The Cobra: Inside a movie-marketing playbook.

January 19, 2008
January 19, 2009

Letter from California
The Cobra
Inside a movie-marketing playbook.

by Tad Friend

The Home Team: What the Chinese made of the Olympics.

September 15, 2008
September 15, 2008

Letter from Beijing
The Home Team
What the Chinese made of the Olympics.

by Peter Hessler