How Will We Teach Our Kids About Bowie?
A few days after the icon’s death, an eerily poignant holiday card has this mom reflecting on the loss while still feeling hopeful about his impact on the future.
RIP
My Glimpse Into the Wonderful World of Candida Royalle
A young writer reflects on her funny, enlightening, titillating, and, tragically, all-too-brief friendship with the late feminist porn pioneer, who died this week of ovarian cancer.
I’ll Have a “Shirley Temple”
A teetotaler’s appreciation of a favorite mocktail—a drink that wasn’t so appreciated by the late star, for whom it was named.
A Subway Ride with Philip Seymour Hoffman
I broke the New Yorker’s unspoken code of ethics and had one of the most memorable conversations of my life.