Quilting Queens (and Kings) New exhibitions showcase the work of Black artists using cloth as their canvas. They’re honoring a legacy dating back to slavery, when quilts served as navigational signals on the Underground Railroad
October 1, 2020
Feminist of One She wrote about spanking before Fifty Shades of Grey and profiled Soon-Yi Previn when no one else would go there. Daphne Merkin explains what’s missing from today’s strand of feminism
September 29, 2020
In Search of Lost Morals Transactionalism has been a part of our politics since our founding. And, even during World War, it’s coexisted with decency. Not anymore
September 29, 2020
Flunkies What if Trump’s pardoned miscreants all had to teach grade school?
Jim Baker’s Midlife Crisis The man who ran Washington during Watergate and the Cold War reveals the story behind his epic career switch
Growing Up Picasso A new book focuses on the Spanish artist’s relationship with one of his greatest muses—his first daughter, Maya
Lust in Translation Bill Murray is back in the picture in Sofia Coppola’s new film about Gen X marriage, On the Rocks
Autumn Armagnac Mellow melodies to suit the season, from Big Star, Billie Holiday, Eva Cassidy, Neil Young, Yo La Tengo, and more
A Different Draft of History Oktoberfest 1900 gives the Bavarian beer festival an injection of Scorsese menace and mayhem
Hear Them Roar Susan Sontag, Germaine Greer, Norman Mailer, and others battle over “women’s lib” in a rarely seen documentary about the epic 1971 all-star debate
R.B.G., Before She Was Notorious Spirited chat about this week’s top stories
The Soul of Wit “Table Top Shakespeare,” comprising brief adaptations of the bard’s works, launches an At Home edition
September 25, 2020
Flak Catchers In an interview never before published in English, old friends Gay Talese and Tom Wolfe discuss American taboos, Trump, and his women
September 22, 2020
Across the Universe Fifty years after the Beatles parted, their enduring magic still lights up rock’s firmament
September 22, 2020
Her Royal Deepness Can you tell the real Meghan Markle–isms from the fake? Test your Sussex Squad cred with this quiz!
