An infantryman eats food rations from cans during the Vietnam War. Corbis hide caption
Author Interviews
A Path From 'Blackout' Drunkenness To Sobriety And Self-Acceptance
With 'Paper Towns,' Author John Green Reopens Search For Agloe, N.Y.
A Sense Of Self: What Happens When Your Brain Says You Don't Exist
George Brett wipes a new bat down with a pine tar rag before a game with the Cleveland Indians on July 25, 1983. The day before, Brett had been called out for using a bat with pine tar too far down the bat; the league president decided that Brett's bat was OK. Doug Atkins/AP hide caption
'Jane Eyre' Retelling Swaps English Countryside For Bustling City Streets
In This Twist On Tricky Dick's History, A President's Secrets Can Save Us
Lea and Bandy met in 1976 at a high school dance. "He was the boy from out of town," Lea writes. "I was the girl who wanted out." John Carswell/Courtesy of the author hide caption
In 'Wondering Who You Are,' A Man Wakes Up And Doesn't Know His Wife
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William Finnegan surfs Cloudbreak, off the island of Tavarua in Fiji, in 2005. Scott Winer hide caption