This week’s edition highlights stories by Elissa Nadworny and Claire Harbage, Thomas Lake, Jeff Sharlet, Jasmine Attia, and Brett Martin.
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Inside Superiority Burger
“How did chef and former punk drummer Brooks Headley turn his all-vegetarian vision for a rock and roll diner into the season’s hottest new restaurant?”
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The (Un)holy Gospel of Suga Free
“There’s a thin line between isolation and serenity, and Suga Free needs nobody but Suga Free.”
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Dril Is Everyone. More Specifically, He’s a Guy Named Paul
“Paul Dochney posted his way into the halls of internet lore. After 15 years of anonymity, can he emerge without compromising his act?”
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Ed Sheeran Confesses: Tears, Trauma, and Those Bad Habits
“When he became a dad, his ‘party boy’ days ended. Then tragedy struck, forcing him to face his hidden dark side — and hit his hottest creative streak.”
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Brandon Sanderson Is Your God
“He’s the biggest fantasy writer in the world. He’s also very Mormon. These things are profoundly related.”
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The Haunted Life of Lisa Marie Presley
“She was the closest thing America had to royalty. But living in Elvis’ shadow was an unimaginable struggle.”
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How Cal Newport Rewrote the Productivity Gospel
“His strategies for stressed-out knowledge workers have sold 2mn books. What does he know that we don’t?”
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Florence Pugh’s Radical Self-Acceptance
“An extraordinary rise through a series of complicated, layered roles, and all the more impressive for an actor who has never studied professionally.”