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The Homecoming of Willie Mays

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O.J. Simpson: The Man Behind the Mask

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The Moral Disarmament of Betty Coed

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Diana Nyad: Mind Over Water

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The Court Case That Destroyed John Gotti

michael's fists

The Authentic Genius of Michael Caine

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Inside the Workshop of Robbie Robertson

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Sex and the Married Man: Confessions of a Cheater

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Memories of My Father

Ron Reagan
Jun 18, 2023
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The Demise of the Blowjob

Jun 13, 2023
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The Joy of Sex with One Woman (My Wife)

By John H. Richardson
May 3, 2023
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The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy

By michael paterniti
Mar 3, 2023
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What Is a Brother?

Jan 23, 2023
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You Can’t Kill the Rooster

By David Sedaris
Jan 23, 2023
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The Black Badge of Courage

Nov 4, 2022
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All the Pretty Horses

Oct 24, 2022
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The Day I Watched My Brother Drown

Oct 21, 2022
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Scenes from a (Group) Marriage

By John H. Richardson
Sep 30, 2022
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"For Better and Worse," by Lynn Darling

Sep 23, 2022
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Splicing Together Jean-Luc Godard

Sep 13, 2022
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Rest Stop

By Stephen King
Sep 9, 2022
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A Few Things About the Queen

Sep 8, 2022
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Mikhail Gorbachev and the Cult of Personality

Aug 31, 2022
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Salman Rushdie, The Martyr

Aug 30, 2022
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Conversations with Tupac

Aug 25, 2022
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Truman Capote's "La Côte Basque, 1965”

Aug 18, 2022
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Call Us When He Kills You

By Francine Maroukian
Aug 2, 2022
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The Lonely Polygamist

Jul 19, 2022
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James Caan: What I've Learned

By Ross Johnson
Jul 7, 2022
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Searching For Elvis

Jun 24, 2022
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Vicodin, My Vicodin

By Tom Chiarella
Jun 13, 2022
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The Day the World Was Saved

May 26, 2022
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My Life As a Page Six Snoop

May 19, 2022
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The Doughnut that Saved Las Vegas

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Blondie’s Dark Roots

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My Mother’s Mink Coat, By Nora Ephron

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The Most Famous American Paparazzo

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"Talk Dirty To Me": A Bedroom Challenge

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An Estimation of Peers: Scorsese and Coppola

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Bruce Willis Has Figured a Few Things Out

cheating essay

The Lies That Bind

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William Hurt, a Sensitive Leading Man of the '80s

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'Men Who Are Good With Their Hands'

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'The Thief,' By Walter Mosley

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The Autumn of the Age of Jabbar

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Martin Luther King Jr., American Preacher

dean scene

Peter Bogdanovich on the Death of the Teenage Star

michael may

Michael May Had It All. But He Wanted to See.

eve and duchamp

The Chess Player Stripped Bare

christmas

On The Road With The Big Red Dirigible

cars jam

The Shopping Center, By Joan Didion

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Serve Your Apple Pie With a Block of Good Cheddar

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Being Max Cleland

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Why Men Love War

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Michael Corleone, Role Model

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The Man Who Could Not Be Touched

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Joe DiMaggio and the Silent Season of a Hero

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The Enduring, Alien Brilliance of David Byrne

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The Last Revelations at Waco

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Ralph Ellison Remembers The Golden Age of Jazz

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Why So Many of Andy Warhol’s Factory Stars Died

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The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy

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The Goalie Who Faced Pablo Escobar's Empire

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Norm Macdonald and the End of Civilization

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The Falling Man

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The Men Who Stopped a Mass Murderer

on the set of wild at heart

Nic Cage’s Suburban Nightmare

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The Esquire Story That Drove David Geffen Crazy

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Inside the Undoing of Phil Spector

joe hunt, founder of billionaire boys club

The True Story of the Billionaire Boys Club

elizabeth gilbert

The Story that Launched Elizabeth Gilbert’s Career

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James Salter Remembers His Time at West Point

junior johnson

The Last American Hero. Yes!

yorkshire ripper

The Most Expensive Manhunt in British History

jimmy buffett hunting

Into the Woods with Jimmy Buffett

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The Time Kurt Vonnegut Went to See The Maharishi

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No One Loved Fireworks Quite Like George Plimpton

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Love In The Time of Magic

ira einhorn

The Earth Day Co-Founder Who Became a Killer

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James Baldwin’s Love Letter to Lorraine Hansberry

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What Raymond Carver Shared With His Father

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The Perfect Storm

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Richard Ben and the 'Bobster'

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Jodie Foster's Response to John Hinckley Jr.

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Meeting—and Liking—a 26-Year-Old Mick Jagger

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“No Tom Cruise!”: An Author and Her Fans’ Attempt to Sabotage a Hollywood Vampire

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The Things They Carried

the new york knicks' starting five

When the Knicks Won Their First Title

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Sinéad O’Connor, Uncensored

grace jones

Robert Mapplethorpe, According to Joan Didion

original esquire spread

Long Live the Career Smoker

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The Real Life Story of Scorsese’s 'Casino'

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My Miserable Life As a MTV Reality Show Contestant

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Jim Morrison Wasn't Cool, Said Eve Babitz

eugene izzi in chicago, 1989

The Crime Novelist Who Wrote His Own Death Scene

burt reynolds, 1973

The Man Who Died on the Burt Reynolds Movie

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The Short Life of Comic Genius Doug Kenney

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s

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A Few Words About Breasts

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Denzel Washington: This Man Can Play

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What Killed the Marcus Twins?

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A Child's Christmas in Wales