Janet Malcolm By Craig Seligman
In her relentless pursuit of the truth she's left a few bodies in her wake, but isn't that part of a journalist's job? (02/29/00)

Cher By Cintra Wilson
Locked forever in Teflon celebrity, the woman with the world's most beautiful armpits always gets the last laugh ... or so she says. (02/22/00)

Edward Gorey By Amy Benfer
No one sheds light on darkness from quite the same perspective as this Cape Cod specialist in morbid, fine-lined jocularity. (02/15/00)

Brilliant Careers: William Wegman By Kevin Conley
His wry, wildly popular photography owes a great debt to the gifted performance artists he works with. (02/08/00)

Brilliant Careers: Tom Wolfe By Cary Tennis
He put New Journalism on the map with writing that shook as fiercely as it shimmered. (02/01/00)

Brilliant Careers: David Bowie By Greg Villepique
As the master of self-reinvention -- from Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke to Normal David -- he became the most influential rock star of the post-Beatles era. (01/25/00)

Brilliant Careers: Seymour Hersh By David Rubien
The man who broke the story of Vietnam's My Lai massacre is still the hardest-working muckraker in the journalism business. (01/18/00)

Brilliant Careers: Lucinda Williams By Elizabeth Bukowski
With her gorgeously "flawed" voice, the genre-bending singer has exquisitely mapped out the South -- as well as her own heart. (01/11/00)

Brilliant Careers: Charles Schulz By Steve Burgess
With his globally recognized Peanuts characters, he delved into the psyche of children and created daily morality plays that became part of the public consciousness. (01/04/00)

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Brilliant Careers archives for: 1999 | 1998