Each Man Is an Island Elizabeth Strout’s The Things We Never Say follows a high school teacher as he feels increasingly alienated within his coastal Massachusetts community
Steve Jobs’s Lost Decade After being forced out of Apple in 1985, its founder spent 12 years running a floundering start-up. A new book claims this exile set the stage for Silicon Valley’s greatest comeback story
Latest Issue • May. 9, 2026
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Fergie?
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MONUMENTAL MISTAKES
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YES WE CANNES!
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Crime and Scandal
Why Is Sarah Ferguson Fielding Million-Dollar Offers to “Tell All”?
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Hilary Rose
Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a history of the North Korean personality cult, a Nobel laureate’s memoir of growing up in Communist Romania, and new essays by David Sedaris
Where Bob Dylan Met the Beatles From the Savoy in London to an airport hotel in Queens, the little-known story of the rooms where the musical giants forged a surprisingly close bond
Russia’s Greatest Love Machine Antony Beevor’s new biography of Grigori Rasputin argues that the controversial Russian adviser triggered the fall of Russia’s autocracy
Form over Function A new exhibition in Brooklyn showcases 140 garments by the Dutch designer Iris van Herpen, whose work blurs the line between fashion and sculpture
