Introducing Byliner Spotlights, our editor-curated
collections of nonfiction stories from the Byliner archives.
Some timeless. Some timely. All guaranteed great reads.
Stories on the perils of Mount Everest from Jon Krakauer, Bryan Burrough, and others.
Features on stargazing from Richard Panek, Brian Greene, Thomas Mallon and others.
Features on world-changing breakthroughs by Malcolm Gladwell, Walter Isaacson, and others.
Features on the social network by Stephen Marche, Vanessa Grigoriadas, Jose Antonio Vargas and others.
Features on the nation's changing faces by Wesley Yang, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hua Hsu, and others.
Commencement addresses from David Foster Wallace, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, and others.
Introducing a collection of the most important primary source documents from the historic protest movement.
Stories about calculated dangers gone wrong by Michael Lewis, Mark Bowden, Sebastian Junger and others.
To celebrate Mother's Day, stories by Anne Lamott, Sandra Tsing Loh, Alan Richman, and others.
With the sitcom renewed for a final season, stories on Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan by Maureen Dowd, Jonathan van Meter, Jason Gay, and others.
Stories about Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, Lewis Carroll, and other bedtime favorites.
Get away from it all with tales from Michael Pollan, David Carr, William Langewiesche and others.
Features on coffee, caffeine, and cravings from Malcolm Gladwell, Neal Pollack, and others.
Profiles of Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Evans.
Stories on the Run for the Roses by Hunter S. Thompson, Laura Hillenbrand, Buzz Bissinger and others.
Features on the perils of the NFL by Malcolm Gladwell, Ben McGrath and others.
Features on the reawakened movement by Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, and others.
Features on bin Laden's life and death by Ian Frazier, Peter Bergen, Nicholas Schmidle and others.
Tales of the world's tallest buildings by Scott Raab, John Seabrook, A.A. Gill and others.
As the playoffs begin, Bill Simmons, Lee Jenkins, and others profile the contenders.
As National Poetry Month comes to an end, stories on Plath, Kerouac, Kesey, and others.
With LeBron having yet another MVP season, stories on the Miami Heat superstar by Bill Simmons, Buzz Bissinger, Wright Thompson and others.
Features on the Liberian war lord by Sebastian Junger, Zadie Smith, Steve Coll, and Jon Lee Anderson.
Stories on the search giant by Jeffrey Toobin, Daniel Roth, Farhad Manjoo and Ken Auletta.
Amid a bribery scandal, stories on the superstore's culture by John Heilemann, Charles Fishman, Jeffrey Goldberg, and others.
Features on capital punishment by Christopher Hitchens, Rick Bragg, Pamela Colloff and others.
In honor of the Bard's birthday (and death day), stories from Simon Schama, Stephen Greenblatt, Ruth Franklin, Garry Wills, and others.
As France heads to the polls, stories on the French president by Maureen Orth, James Traub, Jane Kramer, et d'autres.
Stories about being green and clean by Peter Matthiessen, Elizabeth Royte, Florence Williams, and others.
Stories about the pride and glory of high school football by Buzz Bissinger, Michael Lewis, Rick Moody, and others.