Songs with Atmosphere
A selection of 14 songs that defy description
There’s Something About Serena
What is it about Serena Williams that brings the world’s best tennis players to their knees?
Short List
Books to read this week, including a memoir from Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris; an inside look at the Secret Service; the true story of a Montauk shipwreck; and a colorful history of spas
Love at First Letter
Inside the bizarre world of dating, sex, and marriage in America’s prisons
Bret Easton Ellis’s Rules of Attraction
The shock jock of American letters is back with a serialized audiobook that eschews the culture wars for something closer to home
Building Castles in the Air
Photographs highlight the revolutionary work of today’s leading women architects
Did a Doomed Love Inspire the Eiffel Tower?
It’s a symbol of romance, but the designer was motivated by other emotions
Jamie Lee Curtis’s Notes on (Summer) Camp
She’s got a new Audible series … and thoughts on what is scary
Digital Liberation
The Internet can be a dangerous place for women. But it has also powered a revolutionary global movement for women’s rights
Match Made in Hell, Part II
What would you do if the man you were sleeping with turned out to be a psychopath on the U.K.’s most-wanted list?
Graham Norton Has a New Story
The comedian and talk-show host discusses his new novel—and whom he wants to interview next
O’Keeffe O’Clock
New York City street scenes meet oversize flowers and the American West in a sweeping survey of Georgia O’Keeffe’s epic work
The Wave of the Future Is Female
Tracing the male-dominated history of surfing to its women-wave-rider roots
