Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire

Adrienne Westenfeld

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New York, NY, United States

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Recent:
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Past:
  • Esquire
  • WCVB-TV Boston
  • ELLE Magazine (US)

Past articles by Adrienne:

Amy Grace Loyd's 'The Pain of Pleasure' Interview

In her new novel set at a headache clinic, 'The Pain of Pleasure,' the author explores how pain does (and does not) define us. Here, she tells Esquire how storytelling can be a kind of remedy. → Read More

Michael Finkel Unravels The True Story Behind the Frenchman Who Stole $2 Billion Worth of Art

From 1994 to 2001, one Frenchman pulled off a staggering 172 art heists. Author Michael Finkel explains just how he did it. → Read More

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 2 Is a Big Middle Finger to AI

Amid the ongoing writers strike, leave it to this sci-fi standout to remind us that computers don't make great television—people do. → Read More

Brandon Taylor on 'The Late Americans', Great Campus Novels, and Lee Pace

In 'The Late Americans', Taylor looks outside the classroom to trace the lives of characters often dismissed as "townies," like hospice kitchen cooks, construction workers, baristas, and more. → Read More

Claire Dederer 'Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma' Interview

Claire Dederer doesn't have easy answers about one of the thorniest questions of our time. But in 'Monsters', she approaches a way of living in the contradictions. → Read More

Artist Justine Kurland Is Cutting Up the Patriarchy

How Justine Kurland is using an X-Acto knife to reimagine the male-dominated canon of photography. → Read More

Malcolm Harris Interview: 'Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World'

Malcolm Harris, the author of 'Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World,' goes long on the boom-and-bust region of his birth—and even the incessant cycles of Big Tech layoffs. → Read More

'Kindred' Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Episodes, Plot, Spoilers and More

According to showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the creative dream has big plans and big dreams—but no official renewal yet. → Read More

Matthew Salesses 'The Sense of Wonder' Basketball Novel Interview

The author of 'The Sense of Wonder,' a new novel inspired by Linsanity, explains how years of watching basketball and K-dramas paid off. → Read More

The Biggest Revelations From Prince Harry's Memoir 'Spare'

Harry did cocaine, killed 25 people, and once got frostbite on his penis. Somehow, there’s more. → Read More

George R.R. Martin Answers a 'Game of Thrones' Question About Casterly Rock

The author took a break from his diligent work on ‘The Winds of Winter’ to clear up a GOT question no one is asking. → Read More

All the 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' Cameos, Explained

We'll give you one hint: he plays the cello. → Read More

Glass Onion House Is Listed on Zillow for $450 Million

Netflix's Zillow listing has the 'Knives Out' fandom going wild. → Read More

James Cameron Filmed 'Avatar' 2 and 3 Simultaneously So Actors Won't Age Like 'Stranger Things' Kids

The stars of the Netflix series are growing up too fast, says director James Cameron. → Read More

The Best Books to Gift, According to Your Favorite Authors

The writers behind our 2022 Esquire Book Club selections—George Saunders, John Waters, Emily St. John Mandel, and more—divulge what to buy for every reader on your list. → Read More

How 'Kindred' Went From Literary Masterpiece to Must-Watch TV

45 years after Octavia Butler wrote her defining work, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins—the showrunner of FX's new adaptation—explains how he honored the author's "artistic attack." → Read More

Inside the Game-Changing Trial of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

As Netflix's adaptation debuts, an expert walks us through the watershed obscenity trial that forever changed British social norms. → Read More

Heather Radke 'Butts: A Backstory' Book Interview

Heather Radke, the author of Butts: A Backstory, explains our cultural obsession with women's rear ends. Turns out, it's all about racism, control, and desire. → Read More

Bob Dylan Fans Who Bought 'Hand-Signed' Books With Replica Autographs Using an 'Autopen' Will Get a Refund

Dylan's publisher, Simon & Schuster, is issuing refunds after readers determined that "hand-signed" books were, in fact, signed by a machine. → Read More

National Book Awards 2022 Winners Recap

"Free people read freely," said Tracie D. Hall, one of the night's honorees. → Read More