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he was who I wanted to be when I grew up. He’s one of the great nonfiction writers of our time, a genius of reportage and the profile, someone who could take any curious whim and turn it into a compelling book.
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
amazon.com
“The Journalist and the Murderer,” by Janet Malcolm
newyorker.com
Sally Darr, Formidable Chef of ’80s-Era French Bistro, Dies at 100
nytimes.com
This entire notion of “the perfect mom/wife/homemaker,” of the “nostalgic siren call for a return to Fifties-style homemaking,” is a considerable misunderstanding of what Martha Stewart actually transmits, the promise she makes her readers and viewers, which is that know-how in the house will translate to can-do outside it.