The Perfect New York Times Magazine ‘Lives’ Essay [How To]

Have you always dreamed of writing one of those “Lives” essays that appear on the back page of the New York Times Magazine? Yes? Jesus. Our readers used to be cool. Anyhow. The point is, the magazine’s 1,384,674 editors are now sharing tips about how to write an essay that doesn’t make them want to roll their M.F.A. diploma into a big old cocaine-and-rat-poison blunt, due to despair. The perfect “Lives” essay is now within your grasp! More »