In late 2000, Utah native Daniel Suelo traveled by bus, ferry, and foot from Seattle, where his sister lived, to a…
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The late poet, novelist, and soul-jazz songwriter Gil Scott-Heron had influence to burn. His song-poems created a…
Nestled in the middle of Distrust That Particular Flavor, the first collection of non-fiction essays and magazine…
As a young man struggling with women, his weight, and most of all, his apparently epic appetite for mood-altering…
Tom Brokaw, the 71-year-old former NBC newsman, has recast his brand of journalism as the author of several…
Few public personalities care less about what the public thinks of them than Bill Maher. The most recent proof: The…
Fun fact: the practice of embalming cadavers first became widespread during the Civil War. The sheer volume of dead…
The first time Roger Ebert and his movie-reviewing co-host, Gene Siskel, were scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show…
Michael Moore was kicked out of the seminary after his freshman year of high school. Not for any indiscretion; he…
In his highly regarded documentaries, Errol Morris takes on some hefty ideas—war, sex, murder, topiary. He can make…
Why it’s daunting: Few art movements are as ripe for parody as the Beat generation. Thanks to the likes of Maynard…
Geek obsession: Tropicália
Before he’d published a single book, Pulitzer Prize-winner Oscar Hijuelos sometimes spent his lunch hour away from a…
The late, great director Billy Wilder liked to say that movies often undergo a “soufflé effect” when shooting and…