The Pleasure Gardens of London Forget the candlelit ballrooms of Jane Austen novels—partying in 18th-century London meant water taxis, drunken aristocrats, and enough pyrotechnics to level Pompeii
Marty, Unabridged An encyclopedic new book journeys through the prolific director’s career, from Taxi Driver to Killers of the Flower Moon
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The AIR MAIL Summer Reading List From Ann Patchett’s tender tale of reconciliation to Jenny Jackson’s juicy seaside romp, here are the 10 books our editors are taking with them on their travels this summer
The Poet’s Premiums Wallace Stevens was a successful insurance executive by day and a Pulitzer Prize–winning poet by night—but his letters reveal he had existential doubts about the trade-off
Eyes Wide Shut In his new book, A Sudden Flicker of Light, acclaimed film writer David Thomson traces the history of cinema, from Rear Window to Anora
Pulp It Up Fresh off last summer’s chart-topping More—their first release in two decades—a newly re-united Pulp, the Brit-pop heroes behind “Common People,” return to London to perform the album in its entirety for the first time
