Acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead got the magazine assignment of a lifetime: a week in Vegas, playing in the World Series of Poker. He tells Doug Gordon about high stakes poker and his own "anhedonia," his difficulty experiencing pleasure.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Robert Weinberg tells Jim Fleming that superheroes’ powers haven’t kept up with the times and offers more up-to-date explanations of how The Incredible Hulk got that way and why Superman is so strong.
Columnist Maureen Dowd says that a lot of people still don’t understand that a columnist is supposed to have a point of view.
Maggie Nelson recommends "Close to the Knives" by David Wojnarowicz.
Have you been to the High Line yet? It’s a new park in Manhattan, full of sunbathers, lush plantings and strolling locals. It’s also about 30 feet above the ground, built on the bed of an old elevated train line. Writer Annik La Farge talks about the park, five years into its reinvention.
Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis talks about the possibility of upgrading our brains with computer chips.
Errol Morris made a documentary about Abu Ghraib called "Standard Operating Procedure." Journalist Philip Gourevitch and Morris have written a companion book that examines what really happened at Abu Ghraib.
Karal Ann Marling tells Anne Strainchamps that American Christmas traditions led to an improvement in the status of women and helped nurture manufacturing industries from candy to cardboard.
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