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The Dark Side of Lolita

Sue Lyon was 14 when she starred in the film. The producer slept with her anyway

A Study of Female Sexuality

Before her best-seller made her a global sexologist, Shere Hite was a goddess of pulp-fiction and movie-poster illustrations

Live from Caserta

Bad Lighting

Alexandra Pelosi’s latest documentary, American Selfie, offers a chaotic, unsettling snapshot of the times we’re living in

Man of Letters

Danny DeVito, Edward Norton, and others pay tribute to Bruce Springsteen, whose new 12-track album, Letter to You, is out now

The Idiot Box Meets Its Match

Trump has threatened to start a TV network if he loses the election. So what would that look like?

Don Bachardy’s Sketchbook

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Infidelity and Murder at a Private New York School

The director of The Night Manager focuses on Manhattan’s addled elite in HBO’s The Undoing

Meeting the Alien

In which the author is thrilled when he hears director Tim Burton wants him for a big part in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Your Morning Eye-Opener

In this week’s podcast, Ashley and Mike look at some bad behavior, from a Hollywood sex scandal to Vice problems

The Playboy Philosopher

Heebie-Jeebies

Don’t let this spooky time of year get the best of you. These songs from World Party, Lou Reed, Sam Cooke, and others will help light the path

Hilary Mantel

The author of the Cromwell trilogy recommends her favorite books on her favorite theme: royals

Here and There

Hunter Barnes spent four years photographing the Native American Nez Perce tribe. A new book of his images celebrates the life of this enigmatic community

Divorcing, Revisited

Susan Taubes’s semi-autobiographical novel was published in 1969 to little acclaim. Its reissuing offers a chance to discover the cutting, long-forgotten gem

Sour Grapes

John Steinbeck’s biographer reveals the story of a friendship gone wrong when Joseph Campbell fell for Steinbeck’s wife Carol

Good Sport

Go for the game, stay for the crumpets: a new book surveys the storied, bucolic world of cricket

One for the Books

Heywood Hill, among the world’s most revered bookshops, is launching a somewhat unique literary prize

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Second-Wives Club

Armie Hammer, Lily James, and Kristin Scott Thomas remake the Hitchcock classic Rebecca

Barbara Amiel’s Not Going Away

Another Side of Springsteen

Call him by his name. And dive deeper into Bruce with these 20 outtakes, bootlegs, and lesser-known tracks from his albums

For a Good Time in Paris, Call Her

“Madame Claude” supplied high-end prostitutes to J.F.K., the Shah of Iran, Frank Sinatra, and others. Was she a feminist icon or a thug?