Category Archives: Profiles

Road Warrior

October 19, 2015
October 19, 2015

Profiles
Road Warrior
After fifty years, Gloria Steinem is still at the forefront of the feminist cause.

by Jane Kramer

Born Red

April 6, 2015
April 6, 2015

Profiles
Born Red
How Xi Jinping, an unremarkable provincial administrator, became China’s most authoritarian leader since Mao.

by Evan Osnos

Remote Control

January 12, 2015
January 12, 2015

Profiles
Remote Control
Can an exiled oligarch persuade Russia that Putin must go?

by Julia Ioffee

In the Land of the Possible

December 22 & 29, 2014
December 22 & 29, 2014

Profiles
In the Land of the Possible
Samantha Power has the President’s ear. To what end?

by Evan Osnos

The Holder of Secrets

October 20, 2014
October 20, 2014

Profiles
The Holder of Secrets
Laura Poitras’s closeup view of Edward Snowden.
by George Packer

Pictures from an Institution

September 29, 2014
September 29, 2014

Profiles
Pictures from an Institution
Leon Botstein made Bard College what it is, but can he insure that it outlasts him?
by Alice Gregory

Moment to Moment

June 30, 2014
June 30, 2014

PROFILES
Moment to Moment
Why Richard Linklater makes movies.
by Nathan Heller

Home Movies

October 28, 2013

PROFILES
Home Movies
Alexander Payne, High Plains auteur.
by Margaret Talbot

Bonus pick:

REFLECTIONS
Now We Are Five
A big family, at the beach.
by David Sedaris

Man of Extremes: James Cameron and “Avatar.”

October 26, 2009
October 26, 2009

Man of Extremes
James Cameron and “Avatar.”

by Dana Goodyear

This is a great issue overall and, if you have the time, I recommend also reading Chinese Barbizon: A factory town’s “art village.” by Peter Hessler and the simply fantastic “Procedure in Plain Air” by Jonathan Lethem.

Brain Games: The Marco Polo of neuroscience.

May 11, 2009
May 11, 2009

Brain Games
The Marco Polo of neuroscience.

by John Colapinto