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Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep. Next: Oscar Wars (Harper, 2023)

New York, NY
Joined October 2011

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    Apr 29

    Elisabeth Moss is one of the most unconventional stars of her generation, and her career traces the trajectory of the last quarter century of television. But also...what's with the Scientology? My profile for The New Yorker.

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    Heartbroken about the great Roger Angell, even though he was 101 and lived a phenomenal life. I still think about this fantastic piece of his all the time—and I still laugh at “Stop brandishing!”

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  3. I rode the elevator with Roger Angell the day after the 2016 election and, never having dared speak to him before, thanked him for writing this piece. “I don’t know what I’ll write now,” he said. “I’ll come up with something. It’ll be good.”

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    May 19

    The comedian Megan Stalter talks to about her early online successes, landing her role as the worst assistant in the world on “Hacks,” and playing Helen Keller’s mother in a high-school production of “The Miracle Worker.”

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  5. May 18

    “Yes, I model. But I primarily think of myself as an actress. And a storyteller.” - Natasha

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  6. May 16
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  7. May 13

    For this weekend’s New Yorker Radio Hour, I spoke to about pandemic comedy, “Hi, Gay,” and her role on “Hacks.”

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  8. May 12

    Photography fans, I'm moderating a panel next Friday, May 20, with the enormously talented Ethan James Green and friends at .

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  9. May 11

    Between Jesse Williams and Patti LuPone this Tony season has a lot of B.D.E.

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    May 10

    I can’t stop watching this. Patti is voicing the outrage of so many millions of us in these maddening times

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  11. May 9

    Protesting peacefully (if angrily) outside of officials' homes is a normal part of activism, and all this "concern" about it is making me feel completely insane. Don't let them change the subject!

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  12. May 7

    Extraordinary reporting. What a tragedy for every victim of his self-loathing, including him.

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  13. May 7

    In next week’s Talk of the Town: scenes from Foley Square, where pro-choice New Yorkers gathered for a primal scream.

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  14. May 6
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  16. May 6

    And then there's the basic premise of splitting the brain into two parts, which reminds me of the basic tenet of Scientology that the mind is divided into the Analyical and the Reactive and you can stop using one of them and "go clear." Have I missed anything else?

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  17. May 6

    There's the midcentury guru figure, who one character literally worships at a shrine and whose ideology penetrates everything.

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  18. May 6

    There's the "break room," where you put your hand on a lie-detector-like device and make statements while a supervisor measures your responses, much like the e-meters and auditors in Scientology.

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  19. May 6

    Waaait. Granted, I've had Scientology on the brain from profiling Elisabeth Moss. But is Severance...actually about Scientology? Let me count the ways:

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  20. May 6

    My Summer Theatre Preview: in the Park, The Kite Runner on Broadway, and Elevator Repair Service does Chekhov.

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  21. May 5

    Wait, what’s this? I’ve got something for you next year, and it goes by the name of “OSCAR WARS.” Eleven tales that tell a history of Hollywood, from Louis B. Mayer to “Moonlight.” More to come!

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