Chapter 16
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A Comedy of Vices

In her fourth memoir, comedian Chelsea Handler recounts her visits to far-flung destinations, making fun of everything along the way

until recently, host of the late-night talk show Chelsea Lately, opens Uganda Be Kidding Me by taking herself and five female friends on safari. Handler picked Africa, she deadpans, because…

The Things They Carry

Abraham Verghese discusses doctor’s bags, white coats, and finding the right tools for the job

…early mentors, first when he was a medical student in India and then a resident in Johnson City, Tennessee. His respect for these mentors led him to carry his own…

The Voice of Curiosity

John Jeremiah Sullivan discusses his approach to interviewing

…Sullivan says, “There’s a tradeoff. If you apply for a journalist visa and get the badge around your neck, you can do official interviews, but you are more visible, and…

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)

…was three years old, the Hodgsons experienced severe financial difficulties. As a young girl, she would scrawl little stories on sheets of old notebooks, as she was unable to afford…

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