Issue No. 4 | October 2017
Masters of Disguise
17 stories
How do we behave when no one’s looking—or when everyone’s watching? Stories on the art of disguise.
INSIDE THE ISSUE
Unmasked
A young woman discards artificial selves to uncover an authentic one.
Cold Open
Raising Crane
Unusual feeding techniques pioneered by researchers in the mid-20th century have kept whooping cranes from going extinct. Change is coming, though.
Photography
Hiding in Plain Sight
A rumination on one of the most beloved, and most mysterious, living American writers.
Photography
FROM THE OFF TOPIC NEWSLETTER
The Story Behind the Chicago Newspaper That Bought a Bar
The oral history of how a determined Chicago reporter convinced her boss to do something that hadn’t been done before—to create a fake business with a real location.
Photography
An Extremely Close Reading of Pop Song Duets
Ever listen to a song and think, does that even make sense? We took a magnifying glass to some of the world’s most popular he-said-she-said duets.
Off Topic
Panic at Penn Station
This past spring, a panicked crowd streamed out of Penn Station because of a terrorist threat. Except there was no terrorist.
Off Topic