Many of my magazine articles are collected in American Voyeur: Dispatches From the Far Reaches of Modern Life, which you can buy here. Below are some pieces that are not included in the collection.
Yes, You Can Change People, The Daily Beast
My interview with interventionist Brad Lamm, who insists that addicts shouldn’t have to hit “rock bottom” before we intervene on them.
So You Think NU Can Dance, Deadspin
An occasionally weekly column following Northwestern’s pursuit of its first NCAA Tournament bid.
Coming Out in Middle School, The New York Times Magazine
Middle school students are coming out of the closet in a world that wasn’t expecting them—and that isn’t so sure a 12-year-old can know if he’s gay.
Salon writes about the story, as does Jezebel. Slate discusses the piece in its culture gabfest podcast. The Washington Times is not pleased.
So Much To Say, The Advocate
My obsession with The Dave Matthews Band.
The Washington City Paper celebrates my dorkiness.
Le Pop Star, The New York Times Magazine
French singer Benjamin Biolay is making La Chanson cool again.
Barney Frank Gets… Happy?, The Advocate
Election day with America’s grumpiest congressman.
The Columbia Journalism Review weighs in about the profile.
An Anti-Addiction Pill?, The New York Times Magazine
If addiction is linked to faulty brain function, as new research is revealing, can the cure be pharmaceutical?
Harvard’s Secret Court, Out Magazine
The gay sex scandal that rocked Cambridge in 1920.
Brad Gilbert Talks a Great Game, The New York Times Magazine
How a onetime middling tennis pro has taken Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick to the heights he never reached.
The Real Perez Hilton, The Advocate
Two Days With America’s Most Insufferable Gay.
Galker chimes in. Advocate readers get mad.
Major League Doc, The Boston Globe Magazine
Meet Bill Morgan, the doctor with the best job in baseball.
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