Category: Content Type: Personal Profile

‘Modern Love Podcast’: The Second Best Way to Get Divorced, According to Maya Hawke

The “Stranger Things” actor reads an essay about a “nobody-moves-out” breakup and reflects on her own experience growing up with divorced parents.
Hotel Stationery Becomes the Canvas for Scenes From the Road

Michael McGregor uses letterhead to sketch places and things from his life as a traveler.
Alice Randall Made Country History. Black Women Are Helping Tell Hers.

In “My Black Country,” the musician and author who cracked a Nashville color barrier is telling her story — and hearing her songs reimagined.
Pedal Steel Noah’s Covers Charm Fans Online. Up Next: His Own Songs.

This 16-year-old from Austin, Texas, plays New Wave and post-punk hits with his brother and dog beside him. This week, his first EP, “Texas Madness,” comes out.
Peter Brown, One of the Beatles’ Closest Confidants, Tells All (Again)

At 87, the dapper insider is releasing a new book of interviews conducted in 1980 and 1981 with the band and people nearest to it.
Peter Brown, One of the Beatles’ Closest Confidants, Tells All (Again)

At 87, the dapper insider is releasing a new book of interviews conducted in 1980 and 1981 with the band and people nearest to it.
Is Garry Tan San Francisco’s ‘Twitter Menace’ or True Believer?

The deep pockets of the tech investor Garry Tan are valued by his allies, but his pugnacious online habits are creating plenty of enemies in the city he says he wants to save.
Sculpture Doesn’t Get Much Smaller Than This

Lyndon J. Barrois Sr., whose day job is high-tech animation, uses gum wrappers to create detailed portraits of historical figures and athletes in flight.
Jim White, Your Favorite Songwriter’s Favorite Drummer

During the last 30 years, the musician has emerged as one of indie-rock’s most distinctive drummers on other people’s records. At last, he’s made his own.
Will Country Welcome Beyoncé? That’s the Wrong Question.

“Cowboy Carter” is an extension of the pop superstar’s exploration of how Black creativity fuels all corners of popular music. She’s embracing the music, not the industry.
First He Came For Cancel Culture. Now He Wants to Cancel Smartphones

The N.Y.U. professor Jonathan Haidt became a favorite in Silicon Valley for his work on what he called the “coddling” of young people. Now, he has an idea for fixing Gen Z.
Insooni Breaks Racial Barrier to Become Beloved Singer in South Korea

Born to a South Korean mother and a Black American soldier, she rose to a pioneering stardom in a country that has long discriminated against biracial children.