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You Can Call Me Al In his new memoir, the actor reflects on a lifetime of Hollywood hits—The Godfather, Scent of a Woman—and misses, like Scarface

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The Dickens of Appalachia Barbara Kingsolver discusses her little-known first book, the inspiration behind Demon Copperhead, and what J. D. Vance gets wrong


Just Our Facts, Ma’am! A new oral history chronicles The New York Post’s road from a liberal tabloid to Rupert Murdoch’s monster

The Living-Room M.F.A. As the cost of graduate writing programs goes up and the degree’s perceived value declines, alternatives are springing up far from campus

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Party Animals From laughing seals to dancing monkeys to sexy hippos, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards use humor to raise environmental awareness

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Rosario Candela’s New York The Jazz Age architect invented penthouse living, remaking the city’s skyline—and attracting clients including Jackie O—along the way

Theft on the Nile How a pair of intrepid, 19th-century British women smuggled an ancient coffin right out from under the noses of Egyptian site guards


Eligible Bachelors In Some Men in London, Peter Parker offers a chronicle of gay life in postwar England

Funny Face An exhibition in Winslow, Arizona, celebrates Paul Ruschá, the multi-media artist, nomadic art-world jester, and longtime paramour of Eve Babitz

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Air Supply

The Long Weekend Is it already time for a first-semester mini-break? Pack up your family, your friends, or the new romantic interest secured for so-called cuffing season. Master the coast or the countryside with AIR SUPPLY’s guide to the idyllic three-day weekend

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Love Among the Ruins Accompanying my sister, Dorothy Stratten, to the Playboy Mansion at 12 was a shock. But nothing could have prepared me for what followed

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