Reporting
Fallik left full-time reporting in 2007. Her freelance work has appeared in The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, Neurology Today, Poynter Institute and others. Fallik has written a series of author Q and As for the Inquirer, including Louise Erdrich, Diane Rehm, Erik Larson, Ann Patchett, and Wally Lamb. Her favorite interview was with “Little Life” author Hanya Yanagihara, who talked about the American “tyranny of happiness.” Asked if she, herself, was happy, Yanagihara replied, “I’m content, and that’s sometimes.”
How antibody tests work and could help fight the coronavirus
Questions about the tests’ accuracy still need to be answered
Spider-Man Changed My Life
I’m a 48-year-old English professor, and the 23-year-old who plays Spider-Man changed my life.
I’m usually a lonely Jew on Christmas. Last year, I found community on Twitter.
For the first time in years, I had (virtual) company on the holiday.
Meta-Analysis: Medical Marijuana Offers Mild Relief for Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms and Is Safe—Mostly
A meta-analysis of 17 randomized, placebo-controlled trials found that medical marijuana provided mild relief from such multiple sclerosis symptoms as spasticity, pain, and bladder dysfunction. …
What’s the most embarrassing way you’ve ever injured yourself?
Louis Greenstein was 28 and working as an extra in a friend’s movie in rural Pottsville, Pa. There was a lot of waiting around, and …
Q&A: Leaping over the ‘author wall’ with Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb, author of books such as I Know This Much Is True, She’s Come Undone, and The Hour I First Believed
Q&A with Ann Patchett: A sneaky riptide of wild
Ann Patchett’s writing is all charm and grace and soothing. Here we are at a party. We’re celebrating a new birth. Everyone is hanging out …