Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1

SUBSCRIBE

Sarah Moroz

Sarah Moroz is a Franco-American journalist based in Paris. She covers a variety of cultural topics, including art, photography, literature, and travel.

221007-anita-hill-tease_cvf9ru
THE LONG HAUL

Anita Hill Was Told She’d Be Forgotten—30 Years Ago

“Part of my inspiration is to make sure that person is wrong.”

Sarah Moroz

220923-baldwin-lee-hero_pr2h2j
on the road

How Baldwin Lee Saw Ageless Beauty in ’80s-Era Black America

When Lee found himself teaching in Tennessee, he began creating a group of photographs still teeming with life and humanity four decades later.

Sarah Moroz

072322-moroz-malls-hero_ppersd
MALL IS BEAUTIFUL

The Shopping Mall Is Dead. Long Live the Shopping Mall

Critics have been writing the obituaries for the places we love to hate for decades. Alexandra Lange talks to The Daily Beast about their surprising durability.

Sarah Moroz

062622-moroz-sedaris-hero_yrp8gu
HE DOES TALK PRETTY

David Sedaris Is Nosy About Your Names for Penis and Vagina

Sedaris tells The Daily Beast that he doesn’t think of himself as a comedian, but that doesn’t stop this budding linguist (you read that right) from being our funniest essayist.

Sarah Moroz

211127-Moroz-Spiegelman-Street-Cop-tease_g8pfdn
DARKLY COMIC

‘Maus’ Author: ‘We Are on the Brink of Fascism’

The Pulitzer prize-winning author/illustrator/cartoonist talks about the inhospitable market for satire and his latest collaboration with the author Robert Coover.

Sarah Moroz

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

211119-sarah-gay-forden-hero_wmle0p
HAUNTED HOUSE

Gucci Chronicler: Less Like ‘Dallas,’ More Like Machiavelli

Reporter Sara Gay Forden’s book “House of Gucci” is the basis for the new Ridley Scott movie. She talks about the family, working on the film, and those Chef Boyardee accents.

Sarah Moroz

210917-arc-de-triumph-hero_vw1zgg
‘UN PEU FOU’

Paris Watches the Arc De Triomphe Get All Wrapped Up

Paris’ Arc de Triomphe has been transformed into a monument ensconced in 25,000 square meters of silver polypropylene fabric—one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final works.

Sarah Moroz

210918-moroz-michela-coel-tease_jul7mu
WUNDERKIND

How Michaela Coel Turned the ‘Misfit’ Label Inside Out

In her first book, the acting/writing/directing powerhouse charts her unlikely path (it only seems inevitable in retrospect) to acclaim.

Sarah Moroz

210421-cnn-Lauri-Woolever-Anthony-Bourdain-tease_hcqz7q
JUST TRY IT

Anthony Bourdain Takes Us Along on One More Global Journey

The late culinary explorer’s longtime collaborator Laurie Woolever talks about how she compiled a posthumous atlas of Bourdainian culinary enthusiasms.

Sarah Moroz

210307-moroz-khali-tease_fklhsg
NO HERO

Are We Ready for a Novel Narrated by a Terrorist?

In “Khalil,” Yasmina Khadra explores the mind of a fanatic and the almost total absence of feeling at home anywhere in the world.

Sarah Moroz

ADVERTISEMENT

GET THE APP
Subscribe
Log In
Newsletters
Podcasts
AboutContactTipsJobsAdvertiseHelpCode of Ethics & StandardsInclusionTerms & ConditionsCopyright & TrademarkPrivacy

© 2026 The Daily Beast Company LLC