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Ariel Levy joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2008. Prior to that, she was a contributing editor at New York for twelve years, writing profiles of public figures ranging from Andrea Dworkin to Donatella Versace. She also wrote for the New York Times Book Review, Vogue, Slate, and Elle, as well as numerous newspapers and magazines in the United Kingdom.

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Aug 05, 2013
A Reporter at Large

Trial by Twitter

As the trial approached, a truck sponsored by activists began driving around town with a message painted on its side: “The World Is Watching Steubenville.” In the high-school parking lot and at the mall, the mood was edgy. Many people felt ambushed: by the media, protesters, and one another. Fred Abdalla, the sheriff, said that he was frequently drawn into conflicts generated by social media. In the months since the rape case became a national story, it had become difficult to distinguish between virtual and physical reality in Steubenville.
Jul 22, 2013
Tables for Two

The Cleveland

At the Cleveland, vegetables are the stars of the show on a menu that shifts with the seasons.
June 26, 2013
Blog: News Desk

How Edith Windsor Learned She Won

Everyone at the apartment of Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who argued Edith Windsor’s successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, exploded in screams and sobs when the ruling came down.
May 13, 2013
Tables for Two

Pearl & Ash

A hundred tiny candles floating on a wall beckon you off the Bowery into this glittering cave of haute hipster fine dining just down the block from the New Museum.
May 06, 2013
Department of Husbandry

Living-Room Leopards

Exotic cats have become a particular kind of status symbol, and people pay as much as thirty thousand dollars for the privilege of owning a hybrid that looks as if it could prowl the wilderness. Anthony Hutcherson is the chairman of the International Cat Association’s Bengal Breed Committee. He, like many of his colleagues, has a dream: to breed a cat that “looks like it just walked out of the jungle.”
Mar 18, 2013
Dept. of Coveting

Bagman

“As a man, I’ve always loved bags,” he said. “And this is kind of the ultimate.”
Mar 04, 2013
Tables for Two

Gaonnuri

TABLES FOR TWO about Gaonnuri, at 1250 Broadway, at 32nd St. (212-971-9045…
Dec 10, 2012
Tables for Two

Chop Shop

TABLES FOR TWO review of Chop Shop, at 254 Tenth Ave. (212-820-0333…
Oct 15, 2012
Annals of Authorship

Lives of the Saints

ANNALS OF AUTHORSHIP about the writer Lynn Vincent, who has ghostwritten or co-written extraordinarily successful nonfiction aimed at a Christian audience. Vincent’s most well-known book is “Going Rogue,” which she ghostwrote for Sarah Palin, but she’s also written best-selling books, like “Heaven Is For Real” and “Same…
October 1, 2012
Blog: New Yorker Festival

Lucinda Williams Is “Still Restless as Hell”

In preparation for our New Yorker Festival event this weekend, I had a phone conversation with one of my favorite musicians, Lucinda Williams the other day. I am delighted to report that she is...
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