The Magic Touch How Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike franchise morphed from a film for teenage boys into a feminist masterpiece
Very Stiff Upper Lips This winter, Londoners are flocking to swim in the city’s unheated outdoor pools and ponds—no wetsuit, please!
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No. 187
The Eyes of a Killer: Part III
PLUS
Trickling Down
Sweating the Details
Dirty Dancing
and more!
The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe Nearly 175 years on, the writer’s death remains as mysterious as his literature. A new book reveals the roles of a jealous poet and a conniving doctor in keeping it so
The Salmanic Verses In his first book since the attack that almost killed him, the Indian-British writer travels to 14th-century India
Staff Picks Don’t miss an actor’s debut novel, a look at forgotten heroes of the Holocaust, and a travelogue of a family’s trip along Route 66
Rogues’ Gallery The painter Jamian Juliano-Villani unveils her new art gallery, on New York’s Avenue A, formerly home to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
