“Being Justin Bieber means having an endless number of T-shirts to destroy.” A profile of the pop star just after his 18th birthday.

A profile of Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Prime Minister.

A profile of Maurice Sendak.

The Beastie Boys on tour in Los Angeles shortly after the release of their debut album, Licensed to Ill.

A profile of Laura Knight, a Florida mother of five who investigates the paranormal.

A profile of the hardworking Samuel L. Jackson, whose movies have grossed more than any actor’s ever.

On Marilyn Monroe and the pains of post-war America.

“That learning to cook could lead an American woman to success of any kind would have seemed utterly implausible in 1949; that it is so thoroughly plausible 60 years later owes everything to Julia Child’s legacy.”

A profile of environmental activist Van Jones.

Neal punctuated Jack’s riffing with his “yesses” and “that’s rights,” head bobbing on his neck like a novice prizefighter’s. After four years of New York nihilism and intellection, Neal – wiping Jack’s face with his handkerchief – Neal – who looked so much like Jack himself, an athlete like Jack – celebrated lover of women and sharer of Allen’s passionate dark soul – finally the long-lost brother who said, “Go ahead, everything you do is great” – “a Western kinsmen of the sun” – “a wild yea-saying over-burst of American joy.”

The life and myth of Neal Cassady, Beat companion and muse for Kesey, Wolfe, Kerouac, Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead and more.

A profile of the eccentric Gene Weingarten, the only person to twice win the Pulitzer for feature writing.

A profile of Robert Caro, who’s been working on a biography on Lyndon Johnson for nearly 40 years.