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The Beautiful Power
BY JESMYN WARD
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
In his nonfiction, Ta-Nehisi Coates has
tackle d the big issues of our time.
His debut novel, The Water Dancer, finds
him ri si ng to a whole new le vel.The Pioneer
BY KEZIAH WEIR
PHOTOGRAPH BY BAZ LUHRMANN
Miuccia Prada has woven together
a life of political and cultural
engagement with high-end—and
high-minded—design.To Cheat and Lie in L.A.
BY EVGENIA PERETZ
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY
SEAN McCABE
How students at some of California’s
ri tziest schools and their do-gooder
parents wound up ensnared
in the college admissi ons scandal.106
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