TONE CONTROL

The sane genius of Emily Mason.

DOUBLE VISION

The mystique of twins.

ACID REFLUX

When America first went tripping.

CAVE WOMAN

Beatriz Flamini liked solitude so much that she decided to live underground for five hundred days.

CRÈME DE LA CRÈME

Sofia Coppola’ path to filming gilded adolescence.

ANNALS OF POLITICS: RULING-CLASS RULES

How to thrive in the power élite—while declaring it your enemy.

GOODYEAR

On tires, toenails, and walks with an old friend.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

As a way of launching the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, the Iowa and New Hampshire contests offer a neat thematic juxtaposition: in the Midwest, candidates fight for the social-conservative vote; in New England, for the support of small-business owners.

The Life of the Mother

A high-risk pregnancy in a climate of fear about abortion.

Broken and Rebuilt

Bijayini Satpathy and a new understanding of Indian classical dance.

IMPASSE

\"Prayer for the French Republic\" comes to Broadway.

GHOST TOWN

The return of \"True Detective,\" on HBO.

EXIT, VOICE, AND LOYALTY

A Libyan can't quit London in Hisham Matar's \"My Friends.\"

WITCHY WOMEN

The surprising persistence of the witch trial.

IS A.I. THE DEATH OF I.P.?

The copyright wars, revised and expanded.

CHANCE THE CAT: DAVID MEANS

Does it matter that a cat story resides solely in the body of a cat, remaining neutral as the creature moves through the landscape, operating on pure instinct, and, no matter what, embodying the projected will of the human?

HOSTAGES

As Benjamin Netanyahu clings to power, his country pays a price.

DO NO HARM

Oregon tried a more humane way to address addiction. Then came the backlash.

MILLENNIAL FABLE

Once upon a time, around 2010 or so, there lived a hardworking ant and a carefree grasshopper. The grasshopper was hopping to his heart’s content one sunny morning when the ant trudged by, bearing a large load.

DETAIL ORIENTED

The precision comedy of Jacqueline Novak.

Shamelessly Dramatic

In the plays of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, ugly feelings find sophisticated forms.

MIND IN FLUX

The viscerally complex music of George Lewis.

FRESH DIRECT

A passion-fruit devotee's pilgrimage west.

MAKE IT HURT

Amid the ebbing of empire, Frantz Fanon and Ian Fleming agreed on one thing.

THE BEACH HOUSE

She was hoping he would leave her the beach house, counting on this actually, though he had told her he wasn’t going to.

SHOWING UP

Has school attendance become optional?

THE LONG WAY

Adventures of a teen-age world traveller.

The Cats of L.A.

The "No Kill” movement helps keep cats outdoors. The consequences belie the name.

A Reporter at Large Speed

The competition to create the world's fastest road cars and the rich people who drive them.

DIVIDED HOUSE

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's \"Appropriate\" comes to Broadway.