Embedding With the Scientists Behind a NASA Spacecraft Flyby
After 13 years of planning, the OSIRIS-REx team recently faced the first real test of their research equipment.
David W. Brown
David W. Brown is a writer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is the author of One Inch From Earth, and his site is dwb.io.
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NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona The Unsolved Violence of Baton Rouge
After years of racial and economic tension, the Louisiana city must wrestle with the shootings of Alton Sterling and six police officers.
Max Becherer / AP Writing of Rage and the Teenage Girl
A conversation with Megan Abbott, whose new novel, The Fever, chronicles a hysteria outbreak at a modern high school.
Little, Brown and Company 11,800 People Sharing in the Existential Agony of Writing
One truth underlies the sprawling, sometimes contentious, freebie-filled Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference: Making a life in literature isn't easy.
David W. Brown Roddy Doyle, Master of Working-Class Family Drama
The Irish author's latest novel, The Guts, does what Doyle has done since he first published The Commitments: expertly weave sadness, tenderness, awkwardness, and pride into every page.
The Looming Narco-State in Afghanistan
Afghan farmers are growing more opium today than at any time in recent memory, according to America’s watchdog in the country.
Reuters Reminder: Acting Is Work
Patrick Stewart's and Ian McKellen's latest Broadway stints offer the deep satisfaction of watching people be really good at their jobs.
Tom Clancy's Powerful Foresight Into a Post-9/11 World
The late author helped America anticipate for this era of war, but he also gave hope.
AP How Shakespeare Would End Breaking Bad
The Bard would close things happily for Albuquerque, which means horribly for Walt & co.
AMC How Meals Win Wars
Camp Leatherneck is discontinuing midnight dinner service for its Marines. It shouldn't.
