Alexander Nazaryan

If you have lunch with Molly Schuyler, a rising star in the competitive eating world, watch your fingers.

Fancy drinks in bottles aren't just for winos anymore.

New York City was a place that facilitated bondage while preaching freedom.

Deep in the twisted heart of Northern California, the "Anderson Valley Advertiser" makes a thrilling case for old-fashioned print journalism.

The NBA's first Indian player has plenty to prove to skeptics, teammates and fans.

A unique program for black boys in the East Bay lights a way out of the ghetto.

Break your gadgets if you want to keep Facebook, Twitter and Google from handing over your information.

Boyle's new novel, "The Harder They Come," plays out violently amidst the thick redwood forests of far northern California.

Hanya Yanagihara is one of America's most exciting young novelists, in large part because she refuses to hew to convention.

The happy-fication of digital journalism is so cute. And so dangerous.

A new documentary damningly documents the epidemic of college rape, in all its pervasive horror.

Black-on-black crime makes Los Angeles a cauldron of ghetto-cide.

Responding to years of bad press, Dartmouth's president has banned hard liquor on campus. It's a bold move, but it doesn't go nearly far enough.

A radio series argues that our endless digital distractions stymie serious thought and creativity.

A documentary that premiered at Sundance sheds an eerie light on a possible cause for the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Lately, the novel has started to tilt toward oblivion. Is a restoration possible?

Clint Eastwood's American Sniper shows we can all learn a profound lesson from the most lethal sharpshooter in U.S. military history.

The military brass says three detainees simultaneously killed themselves. A decorated soldier who saw what he wasn't supposed to see believes it was something much, much worse.

A new book from David Foster Wallace, six years after his death, revives the debate about his greatness...and why so many otherwise smart readers can't see it.

On a rainy Sunday, thousands of fellow officers, colleagues, onlookers and family joined to remember Officer Wenjian Liu.

Once thought to be a top Al-Qaeda lieutenant, he's mentioned 1,000 times in the Senate report on "enhanced interrogation techniques."

Though far from exhaustive, this twenty-book list is a small glimpse at the books we read and loved in 2014.

Lena Dunham is living with it. John Kelly couldn't. Obsessive-compulsive disorder isn't funny, and it's finally emerging from the shadows.

In his new book, Joel Klein, former chancellor of New York City schools, politely rips the status quo.

The murder trial of Gigi B. Jordan highlights the complexities of autism

John Berryman, whose "Dream Songs" remain one of the most celebrated yet enigmatic achievements in American verse, is ready for his close-up

Serious reportage thrives on the Internet, defying dire predictions

Dartmouth's beloved drinking game embodies everything edifying and horrifying about campus life

The editor of The Vocabula Review thinks the name of an antipsychotic drug is about to enter the popular lexicon in the style of "Xerox" and "Kleenex"

The inclusion of a shirt worn by a Navy SEAL on the mission to kill bin Laden seems crass in a space for somber thought and prayer