Category Archives: Personal History

My Friend, Stalin’s Daughter

March 31, 2014
March 31, 2014

PERSONAL HISTORY
My Friend, Stalin’s Daughter
The strange life of Svetlana Alliluyeva.

by Nicholas Thompson

Thanksgiving in Mongolia

November 18, 2013

PERSONAL HISTORY
Thanksgiving in Mongolia
Adventure and heartbreak at the edge of the earth.

by Ariel Levy

Bread and Women

November 4, 2013
November 4, 2013

PERSONAL HISTORY
Bread and Women
Two muses, one loaf.
by Adam Gopnik

Bonus pick:
PROFILES
Post-Modena
Italy’s food is bound by tradition. Its most famous chef isn’t.
by Jane Kramer

Checkpoints: Where accuracy meets flair.

February 9 & 16, 2009
February 9 & 16, 2009

Checkpoints
Where accuracy meets flair.

by John McPhee

Making Toast: A daughter’s death and her children’s lives.

December 15, 2008
December 15, 2008

Making Toast
A daughter’s death and her children’s lives.

by Roger Rosenblatt