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A portrait of Meryl Streep that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent.

About the Author

Michael Schulman has contributed to The New Yorker since 2006. He has written more than fifty pieces for The Talk of the Town, on subjects including Pee-wee Herman, Carrie Fisher, Patrick Stewart, Steve Coogan, Meryl Streep, Vidal Sassoon, and the inventor of the everything bagel. He has also written profiles of the playwright Katori Hall (The Mountaintop) and the musical satirist Tim Minchin (Matilda).