Ascending the Art World
The son of British adventurer Bear Grylls swaps Everest for oil paintings
Here Is New York
Douglas Corrance’s colorful photographs recall summers in 1970s and 1980s New York
What If …
WeWork’s flamed-out founder, Adam Neumann, were made head of the World Bank?
Gen Z and the Great WFH Revolt of 2021
What happens when offices reopen and no one shows up?
Soul Stirrers
Tracks to turn on your love-light and give you a soulful strut, from Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Katie Webster, P. P. Arnold, and more
Opera Pick of the Week
From Boston Lyric Opera in a bicoastal partnership with Long Beach Opera, the game-changing miniseries Desert In
Comstock’s Ghost
Anthony Comstock spent his life trying to curb women’s rights. His traumatic history makes his mission all the more bizarre—and perverse
Short List
What to read this week, including books on J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, and Roy Cohn; the virtues of forgetting; and the life of Rob Sedgwick
Good-bye, Blake Bailey
Book-industry insiders are coming down on both sides of the Blake Bailey–Philip Roth controversy, which resulted in the pulping of Bailey’s Roth bio
Opera Pick of the Week
In Lo Schiavo, Verdi’s forgotten Brazilian disciple tackles colonialism, South American style
There’s Something About Serena
What is it about Serena Williams that brings the world’s best tennis players to their knees?
When David Met Carmen
An alluring new book explores the relationship between two fashion luminaries
Drama Queen
Over a decade-long career at HBO, Miranda Cowley Heller worked on The Sopranos and The Wire. Her debut novel is as fun as the best TV shows
Cinderella’s New Groove
Oscar-winning writer Emerald Fennell brings her distinctive voice to the beloved fairy-tale princess
