Naked Dating and the Millionaire Misogynist
Plus: why Buzz Bissinger is preparing to leave America
Freudian Tip
A new book suggests Sigmund Freud would not have been the father of psychoanalysis history remembers him as were it not for his wife, Martha
Bad Samaritans
From Glyndebourne, Ethyl Smyth’s ill-starred, tremendous The Wreckers (1906), at last in the original French
Shelf Life
Veteran book editors are getting pushed aside in the publishing industry’s mad dash for youth
Child’s Play
For the past 25 years, South Park has been an equal-opportunity offender. One writer can’t get enough
Floral Tribute
A dazzling new coffee-table book explores the flower in contemporary photography
Crimes of the Mind
How a journalist turned screenwriter stumbled onto the unbelievable but true story that became Rogue Agent
A Big Show for a Big Week
Welcome to our 100th episode
Second-Guessing Puccini
Live from Salzburg 2022, Asmik Grigorian takes on the trifecta Il Trittico
A Different Sort of Café Society
A Parisian waiter details the less glamorous side of French dining
Murder, They Wrote
This month, trade your beach reads for something more challenging—and satisfying—in the way of mystery novels
