I Quit a Famous Rock Band

ImageCredit…Eric Ryan Anderson for The New York Times Steve Gorman played drums in the Black Crowes from 1987 to 2001. Then again from 2005 to 2014. Jan. 20, 2020 I wanted to be in a band. And I wanted that band to be great. And I wanted that feeling you have when you know you’re…

Rejecting the Name My Parents Chose

Despite the byline you see on this article, the name my parents gave me was Jo. Not Josephine, just Jo. Inspired by the main character in “Little Women,” they dreamed I’d grow to become every bit as norm-bashing as Louisa May Alcott’s fictional character, Jo March. Although Jo, most recently brought to life by Saoirse…

I Quit the Presidential Campaign

ImageCredit…Photo Illustration by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Marianne Williamson joined the presidential campaign in January 2019. One year later she left it. Jan. 20, 2020 There’s a difference between form and content. Forms change, but content doesn’t. As long as you’re focused on content then you’re more emotionally and psychologically able to let form…

I Quit New York

ImageCredit…Photo Illustration by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Cameron Carling, 38, left to pursue a dream life in Costa Rica. Then he ditched that, too. Interview by Alex Williams Jan. 20, 2020 I moved to New York in 2007 from Los Angeles, where I had been living after college at U.C.L.A. You show up in…