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Lies My Father Told Me Journalist Tom Junod’s memoir In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means To Be a Man searches for the truth behind his larger-than-life father—and the myth of American manhood

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Dishing with Ruthie Rogers In an exclusive excerpt from the River Cafe impresario’s forthcoming book, Wes Anderson, Paul McCartney, Tina Fey, David Beckham, and others talk all things food, from microwave dinners to caviar


The Last Gentleman My father, George Plimpton, was chivalrous, charming, and always a little out of reach

The Making of Ai Weiwei A new coffee-table book traces the artist’s humble beginnings in China, the exiles and travel bans he endured, and the radical works he created along the way

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Liza with a Zzz … A new memoir from the Oscar-winning performer withholds more than it reveals

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When Uptown Met Downtown Fred Brathwaite—better known as Fab 5 Freddy—bridged the worlds of punk and hip-hop, graffiti and high art

Franco-Fail Robert Ivermee’s new book, Glorious Failure, examines colonial France’s ineffectual attempts to compete with other European powers in India


Romantic Advice to Ruin Your Life By A breakdown of all of the unsolicited advice that will hit an unengaged woman in her early 30s—and why you shouldn’t listen to any of it

To Florence, with Love Organized by his son, Christopher, an exhibition at Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi traces Mark Rothko’s career—and his enduring ties to the Italian city—with more than 70 paintings

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Air Supply

For Your Consideration AIR SUPPLY’s Oscars edit channels Old Hollywood glamour: swizzle sticks from historic nightspots, Brown Derby coasters, Chateau Marmont key chains, Taschen’s Life. Hollywood for the coffee table, and a Carolina Herrera sequined gown for when sitting on the couch requires ceremony

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L.A. Confidential From briefing Si Newhouse to smoking with Seth Rogen and Danny McBride, a former Vanity Fair editor looks back at the Oscar parties of yore

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