“Though I had always wanted to be an opium addict, I can't claim that as the reason I went to China.” Thus begins “The Big Smoke,” Emily Hahn's
Ariel Levy is a staff writer at The New Yorker. She covers a range of subjects including prominent figures in sports, art, and LGBTQ+ rights, with notable pieces on Caster Semenya, Catherine Opie, and Edith Windsor. Levy's work has been featured in the Jerusalem Post and The New Yorker, and she is the author of the New York Times best-seller “The Rules Do Not Apply.”



