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Literary agent John Brockman knows everybody who’s anybody in science. Thanks to him, so did Jeffrey Epstein

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Lena Dunham Reveals All In her new memoir, Famesick, the actor-writer-director revisits the awful men—the difficult women—and the social-media flaying that almost destroyed her


The Dope Pope Beloved by young American Catholics, Pope Leo offers something that Trump never will—peace of mind

Latest Issue • April 18, 2026
Issue No. 353
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Air Supply

Objects of Intent Good design doesn’t perform—it endures. With Salone del Mobile about to open in Milan, this week’s edit turns to Italian objects built for daily life rather than display. Functional, restrained, and made to stay put

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Small Town Girl Jayne Anne Phillips was a literary wunderkind who counted Sam Shepard and Jim Harrison among her fans. Her latest book revisits her childhood in rural Appalachia

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When Peter Met Paul A dual biography profiles Paul Thek and Peter Hujar, artists—and lovers—who shaped New York’s downtown scene in the 1970s and 80s

The Secret Life of Kurt Vonnegut A new coffee-table book reveals the satirist as a visual artist, collecting 150 whimsical doodles that his daughter Nanette, who also writes the introduction, kept private for decades


Broadway Baby In a revealing new biography, Daniel Okrent follows Stephen Sondheim’s story from his apprenticeship with Oscar Hammerstein II to the highest echelons of Broadway

An American in Paris Wire acrobats, floating mobiles, wooden figures … Celebrating the centenary of Alexander Calder’s years living in the French capital, an exhibition presents more than 300 of his works

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Guest Edit

John and Christine Gachot’s Favorite Things The husband-and-wife duo have built a practice defined by quietly persuasive spaces across hotels, homes, and retail. At Salone, they debut their first furniture collection for Artemest alongside an AIR MAIL edit of the objects they return to

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Doctor Who? Meet the Boston brain doctor who lives a double life writing incredibly successful thrillers under the pen name Freida McFadden

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