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The Friend: Love Is Not a Big Enough Word

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My Abusive Education

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The Lies That Bind

One Man on Why He Cheats

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Val Kilmer Made Crazy Things Seem Normal

david lynch

David Lynch: Stranger in Paradise

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What Jimmy Carter Believed

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On Location with Kris Kristofferson

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Korey Stringer was the NFL's Enlightened Man

By Jeanne Marie Laskas

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Deion Sanders: Before He Was Coach Prime

By Charles P. Pierce

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Vince Lombardi: Pro Football’s Toughest Coach

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The Laureate of Alexandria Bay

By Frederick Exley

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How TV’s Phil Donahue Became a Feminist Hero

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A Day at the Dogfights

france hunt feature

"The Killing Game" by Joy Williams

By Joy Williams

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The Confessions of Lieutenant Calley

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Will Pete Rose Ever Grow Up?

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The Sing Sing Follies (A Maximum Security Comedy)

By John H. Richardson

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The Homecoming of Willie Mays

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“The Bitter Drink” by John Dos Passos

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O.J. Simpson: The Man Behind the Mask

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college girls

The Moral Disarmament of Betty Coed

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Diana Nyad: Mind Over Water

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The Court Case That Destroyed John Gotti

michael's fists

The Authentic Genius of Michael Caine

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Inside the Workshop of Robbie Robertson

Esquire Editors

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Sex and the Married Man: Confessions of a Cheater

the reagans at home

Memories of My Father

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The Demise of the Blowjob

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The Joy of Sex with One Woman (My Wife)

By John H. Richardson

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The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy

By michael paterniti

What Is a Brother?

You Can’t Kill the Rooster

By David Sedaris

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The Black Badge of Courage

All the Pretty Horses

esquire classic

The Day I Watched My Brother Drown

Scenes from a (Group) Marriage

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"For Better and Worse," by Lynn Darling

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Splicing Together Jean-Luc Godard

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Rest Stop

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A Few Things About the Queen

gorb

Mikhail Gorbachev and the Cult of Personality

salman rushdie

Salman Rushdie, The Martyr

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Conversations with Tupac

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Truman Capote's "La Côte Basque, 1965”

Call Us When He Kills You

The Lonely Polygamist

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James Caan: What I've Learned

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Searching For Elvis

Vicodin, My Vicodin

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The Day the World Was Saved

My Life As a Page Six Snoop

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The Doughnut that Saved Las Vegas

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Blondie’s Dark Roots

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My Mother’s Mink Coat, By Nora Ephron

jackie onassis

The Most Famous American Paparazzo

"Talk Dirty To Me": A Bedroom Challenge

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raging bull 1980
director martin scorsese
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biopic
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An Estimation of Peers: Scorsese and Coppola

nyc premiere of "unbreakable"

Bruce Willis Has Figured a Few Things Out

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the big chill 1983
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columbia
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William Hurt, a Sensitive Leading Man of the '80s

'Men Who Are Good With Their Hands'

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'The Thief,' By Walter Mosley

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The Autumn of the Age of Jabbar

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Martin Luther King Jr., American Preacher

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Peter Bogdanovich on the Death of the Teenage Star

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michael may

Michael May Had It All. But He Wanted to See.

eve and duchamp

The Chess Player Stripped Bare

christmas

On The Road With The Big Red Dirigible

cars jam

The Shopping Center, By Joan Didion

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Serve Your Apple Pie With a Block of Good Cheddar

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Being Max Cleland

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Why Men Love War

Michael Corleone, Role Model

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dune 1984
director david lynch
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The Man Who Could Not Be Touched

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Joe DiMaggio and the Silent Season of a Hero

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true stories 1986
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The Enduring, Alien Brilliance of David Byrne

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The Last Revelations at Waco

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Ralph Ellison Remembers The Golden Age of Jazz

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Why So Many of Andy Warhol’s Factory Stars Died

urban cowboy

The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy

higuita

The Goalie Who Faced Pablo Escobar's Empire

saturday night live

Norm Macdonald and the End of Civilization

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The Falling Man

romero martinez

The Men Who Stopped a Mass Murderer

on the set of wild at heart

Nic Cage’s Suburban Nightmare

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The Esquire Story That Drove David Geffen Crazy

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Inside the Undoing of Phil Spector

The True Story of the Billionaire Boys Club

elizabeth gilbert

The Story that Launched Elizabeth Gilbert’s Career

you must

James Salter Remembers His Time at West Point

junior johnson

The Last American Hero. Yes!

yorkshire ripper

The Most Expensive Manhunt in British History

jimmy buffett hunting

Into the Woods with Jimmy Buffett

maharishi and pop stars

The Time Kurt Vonnegut Went to See The Maharishi

No One Loved Fireworks Quite Like George Plimpton

women

Love In The Time of Magic

ira einhorn

The Earth Day Co-Founder Who Became a Killer

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James Baldwin’s Love Letter to Lorraine Hansberry

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What Raymond Carver Shared With His Father

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the perfect storm 2000
the perfect storm 2000
director wolfgang petersen
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The Perfect Storm

dole in ’88

Richard Ben and the 'Bobster'

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Jodie Foster's Response to John Hinckley Jr.