Game Changer
Jung Ho-yeon has become the breakout star of Squid Game, and the new face of South Korea
When Trump Trumps Logic
Books on Donald Trump’s narcissism, by Michael Wolff, and financial misdeeds, by David Cay Johnston, sound a familiar alarm. Will people listen?
Rue du Petit
Rejoice in life’s cryptic moments with this soundtrack from Jackson Browne, Dolly Parton, Jim James, Aisha Badru, and more
Glory Edim
The writer and entrepreneur behind the Well-Read Black Girl volume, book club, and festival has started a literary movement for Black women
Dior Dreaming
Accompanying an exhibition on Christian Dior at New York’s Brooklyn Museum, an elegant volume spans the many iterations of the French fashion house
A Podcast You Can’t Refuse
There’s no omertà here … just lots of revealing information
The Godfather of The Godfather
How Mario Puzo turned his gambling addiction and fruitful imagination into the best Mob story of all time
Opera Pick of the Week
What’s better, sex or salvation? Tannhäuser, Wagner’s schizophrenic singer of courtly love songs, simply cannot decide
Faulty-Hearts Club
How Baby Fae, the 1980s infant who survived for several days with a baboon heart, paved the way for innovative new approaches to organ donation
Space Cadet
William Shatner goes where no actor has gone before
Susan Soon He Stanton
The playwright and screenwriter takes us into the Succession writers’ room
Guilty Treasures
Allow yourself to indulge in these songs from Carly Rae Jepsen, the Guess Who, Stephen Bishop, Cher, and more
He’s More than Logan Roy
In his new memoir, Brian Cox recounts his journey from growing up poor in Scotland to ruling Succession
