A profile of the novelist, who is surprised to be alive.

On the writer’s new book and tell-all style.

A survivor of child abuse refuses to be silenced.

On Bill Cosby’s complicated family life.

The men who built the great American water park.

A profile of the highest-paid female executive in America, who was born male.

A profile of Michelle Lyons, who viewed 278 executions as both a local reporter and a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

To understand why a 64-year-old man would try and break the land speed record by traveling hundreds of miles per hour, you need to know a little something about his family.

Johnny Damon, after baseball.

An ode to the Bee Gees' strange, successful career.

Who is Shmuley Boteach, former reality TV star and author of Kosher Sex?

The Maroon 5 singer discusses douchebaggery.

A profile of Jesselyn Radack, who represents whistleblowers.

The surprising papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

A profile of Luis Suarez.

Eddie Griffin made it to the NBA. Then his life began to unravel.

A profile of Ken Regan, a computer scientist, chess master, and world champion at detecting cheaters in chess.

A profile of Tiny Lister, the silver screen’s half-blind villain.

A profile of Jill Abramson from her first weeks as executive editor of The New York Times.

A profile of the Los Angeles Clippers owner, an oft-sued real estate baron with a documented racist streak and a penchant for heckling his own players, on the occasion of him winning an NAACP lifetime achievement award.

A profile of the reclusive billionaire who orchestrated a collectible toy craze.

A profile of Valeria Lukyanova, otherwise known as the “Human Barbie.”

Race and major league pitcher Chris Archer.

The downfall of Hugo Schwyzer, feminist.

“There was this brief moment when people who wrote blogs also cared about so-called literary fiction. Now it seems they’ve moved on. My doctor doesn’t give a fuck.”