Lauren Kessler

Stubborn Twig is the true story of immigrants making their way in a new land, a moving saga about the promise and perils of becoming an American....

In this age of lunchtime lifts, wrinkle-erasing injections, furrow fillers, and lip plumpers, there’s no question that anyone who aims to look younger easily can....

Pancho Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and countless lovers. She outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican Army....

Ninety-five percent of the millions of American men and women who go to prison eventually get out. What happens to them? A gripping and empathetic work of reportage, Free reveals what awaits the hundreds of thousands who are released from prison every year....