I just finished reading a tremendous New York Times profile of Tonya Harding, “Tonya Harding WouldLike Her Apology Now.”

Highly recommended!

Harding could skate. And the author of this piece, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, can write! Oh, can she write!

We were at a lounge called 38 Below, which is skating-themed. Hockey and figure skates, including a signed pair of hers, hang over the bar, which features a “frost rail” that makes its surface look and feel like an ice rink. “But you should use Tonya Harding in your story,” she said. I told her I probably can’t; if her name is Tonya Price I should call her Tonya Price — paper of record and all that. She objected. “But Tonya Harding is who people know.” Which is a good point. She is Tonya Price but you cannot deny that she is also Tonya Harding. This is basically how this entire story goes: There are facts, and then there is the truth, and you can’t let one get in the way of the other or you’ll never understand what she’s trying to tell you.

And it takes off from there.

Don’t miss reading this one.