‘Photos by Vincent Perini’ Using a refined technique, a big camera, and an eye for catching people when they’re not quite expecting it, Vincent Perini shoots a gallery of subjects.

David Bowie, Station to Station Because his cocaine use at the time was so heavy, David Bowie does not remember 1976, the year this album…

Darth Vader Made Me Cry From the first moment you see Darth Vader choke that rebel fighter, you know he’s evil. The helmet, the cape, the breathing? Evil, evil, evil. Matthew Baldwin remembers when he met Vader at a shopping center and learned that evil really is as evil does.

Birnbaum v. Jonathan Safran Foer Are we comforted by the official account of Sept. 11—the victims, the heroes, the assigned roles of good and evil—or do the generalizations shortchange our experiences? Robert Birnbaum talks to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer about his new book, the writing life, and what it’s like to be reviewed by Updike.