Victimhood Goes Mad
The tribulations of the brainy and beautiful. Tiny violins, please!
Jaden Michael
Colin Kaepernick meets his match in the star who plays him as an aspiring high-school football player grappling with racism in Colin in Black & White
The Squid Game Secret
People have chalked up the South Korean TV show’s unprecedented popularity to word of mouth. Here’s the real source of its success
Body and Soul
Soul music to make you move, from Billy Preston, Prince, George Duke, D’Angelo, and more
A Man for All Seasons
From fashion to film to a stint at magazine editing, Tom Ford does it all. In the foreword to a new book, the author tries to describe how Ford became Tom Ford
Mann, Uninterrupted
Aimee Mann, who provided the songs for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia and was one of the Big Lebowski nihilists, has a new album
Shows and Tales
A new oral history brings back the glory days of the rock concert, starting with rock’s post–World War II R&B roots and going all the way through 1985’s Live Aid
The Podcast You Need
Smart takes, a new issue, and the skinny on Squid Game. Morning Meeting has it all
The Last Picture Show
The illustrious illustrator recalls the humble 1950s graphic publication with big dreams he founded on a whim with Seymour Chwast and Milton Glaser
The Boss of Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham has found stardom and an Emmy as the accidental owner of A.F.C. Richmond
Staff Picks
This week, don’t miss a collection of letters by writers from Beckett to Vonnegut; a history of the 13th Tour de France; and a guide to the world’s most peculiar foods
Opera Pick of the Week
From Brussels, The Time of Our Singing, an operatic mixed-race American family saga, speaks to our historical moment with an eloquence that transcends it
Taxi Driving
An illustrated history of the New York taxicab recalls the glory days of early motorized cars and spacious Checkers
Flipping the Godfather Script
Mario Puzo was an avid gambler, novelist, and pizza eater. But there was one department where he could use some help: screenwriting
Exposing Her Weiner
Huma Abedin claims she had never heard of sex addiction until her husband’s sexting scandal broke
Honor Swinton Byrne
The actress reveals what it’s like to act alongside her mother
