We hope as you enjoy your weekend you’ll also find some time to kick back and survey some of the best writing from around the web. Don’t forget to check out Hulafrog’s Guide to the best family-friendly weekend activities around Chester County.

• Terry Gross and the Art of Opening Up, by Susan Burton, for the New York Times Magazine.
  • The New York Times profiles legendary WHYY interviewer Terry Gross in this piece that appeared last weekend in their weekend magazine.

• Why Biden Didn’t Run, by Evan Osnos, for the New Yorker.
  • “In a Rose Garden announcement on Wednesday, with his wife, Jill, and Obama standing beside him, Biden said that he would not run for President. He tried to present a sense of certainty, a look of effortful serenity, but the dominant impression was ambivalence.”

• Tom Joad, Walmart Greeter, by S. Grady Barrett, For McSweeney’s.
  • “Welcome to Walmart. If you’re fixin’ up your car, gettin’ ready to head out somewhere in search of the American dream, we got what you need over in the Auto & Tires department.”

Enjoy your weekend and we’ll see you next week!