After the Flood
Decades before climate change became irrefutable, the English novelist J. G. Ballard envisioned a much warmer world with vastly higher sea levels
The Only Podcast You Need
How did menopause suddenly get so sexy? We’ve got answers. Plus, Errol Morris on Donald Trump
Making Banksy
A new book compiles graffiti by the elusive street artist, from the 1990s to today
Her Sixth Tony
The riveting Audra McDonald channels Billie Holiday in decline
Flash Back
Three decades on, Harry Flashman, the philandering protagonist of George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman series, is still sympathetic
Schools of Thought
Children’s literature has been hit hard by the culture wars. Anthony Horowitz suggests giving in less—and listening to Ricky Gervais more
Portrait Mode
Iké Udé’s carefully staged portraits set contemporary subjects in a world inspired by the drama of Dutch old masters
Murder, They Wrote
Killers, poseurs, and arrivistes … criminals with social ambition and a taste for vengeance dominate this month’s new mystery novels
Big Tobacco, but for Big Fish
Investigating the dark underbelly of salmon farming, journalists find echoes of the oil and tobacco industries
The Hard-Crusted Softy in Winter, Part II
Ten years after Gore Vidal’s death, the one biographer to remain friendly with the prickly master reveals poignant details of his final years
What a Glorious Feeling!
Seventy years after Singin’ in the Rain splashed its way through theaters, it remains perhaps the greatest movie musical ever made
The Other Other Paris
Still trying to book a summer getaway? Here’s a city you need to discover
A Master Trickster, Re-Discovered
Remy Charlip created fanciful books for children—as well as everything from theater design to choreography (including the “Air Mail Dances”!)
Finnish Firecracker
Live from Helsinki: Karita Mattila, diva without borders
La Vie en Azur
A new book celebrates the sun-soaked and star-studded legacy of the French Riviera
