 The writer here, what's the name of the writer here? Maya Singer. Maya Singer gets to hang out with Jill Biden, and here's how she starts the piece. If you want to know what power feels like, try to get yourself driven around in a motorcade. Flashing police chaperone lights form a perimeter as you blaze down an empty highway. Waiting cars backed up on entry ramps as you pass. It's as if the world is holding its breath.