Sasha Weiss

1 month ago | nybooks.com | Sasha Weiss |Merve Emre

Sasha Weiss is the first editor I ever worked with on a reported piece, at the time a new type of assignment for me. I was writing about the mysterious Elena Ferrante and I was entirely unsure of what to do, but I soon discovered that I could put my faith in Weiss as part teacher, part therapist: She has a unique way of pushing her writers, forceful yet compassionate.

Mar 7, 2025 | nytimes.com | Michael Barbaro |Sasha Weiss |Rob Szypko |Asthaa Chaturvedi |Diana Nguyen |Michael Benoist | +8 more

The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Sydney Harper, Michael Benoist, Liz O.

Dec 24, 2024 | nytimes.com | Wesley Morris |Sasha Weiss |Elyssa Dudley |Kate LoPresti |Wendy Dorr |Paula Szuchman | +1 more

In 2022, seven years after surviving a brain aneurysm that left her unable to sing or even speak, Joni Mitchell appeared onstage at the Newport Folk Festival. Singing alongside her were her supportive - and emotional - musician friends, including Brandi Carlile, Marcus Mumford, Wynonna Judd and Annie Lennox. Our critic Wesley Morris had his doubts. What was really happening here? Did Joni Mitchell even want this? Or were her younger adoring musician fans propping her up for their own reasons?

Sep 15, 2024 | yahoo.com | Sasha Weiss

A REVEALING NEW DOCUMENTARY COULD REDEFINE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE POP ICON. BUT YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER GET TO SEE IT. Dig, if you will, a small slice of Ezra Edelman’s nine-hour documentary about Prince — a cursed masterpiece that the public may never be allowed to see. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York TimesIt’s 1984, and Prince is about to release “Purple Rain,” the album that will make him a superstar and push pop music into distant realms we had no idea we were ready for.

Sep 14, 2024 | startribune.com | Sasha Weiss

Dig, if you will, a small slice of Ezra Edelman’s nine-hour documentary about Prince — a cursed masterpiece that the public may never be allowed to see. It’s 1984, and Prince is about to release “Purple Rain,” the album that will make him a superstar and push pop music into distant realms we had no idea we were ready for.