The Curious Case of Janet Malcolm

Back in the 1990s, when I was in grad school at Columbia University, Janet Malcolm was at the center of the ongoing debate regarding the ethics and responsibilities of journalists.  Her controversial essays and profiles were so much the center of the debate that there was very little discussion of her technique or even, at times, her subjects.  The conversation was always about Janet Malcolm.  What did her latest piece reveal...about her?  Where her choices moral?  Was...