The Literary Industrial Complex
Italy has more book festivals than it has books
Candice Bergen, Star Reporter
A “very lucky” actor and the photojournalism career that got away
Top Shop
The author, whose new book is out this fall, selects his favorite Scottish bookshop
Joy Rider
Rowland Emett’s A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley heads to auction at Bonhams London
Museum-Going Etiquette
Spoiler alert: you’re not the most fascinating thing in the place
All Work and No Playlist? Hardly!
Here are Donna Summer, Howlin’ Wolf, Queen, Betty Everett, and more
Next in Line
In Season Two of HBO’s Succession, Sarah Snook proves she’s worthy of the Roy throne
A Better Billionaire
On writing The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg
Year of the Moon
Museums and stages across the world celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing
The Story of L
A noted French author reimagines Nabokov’s novel from Lolita’s point of view
Late-Night
Beck, Ray Charles, the Beastie Boys, Vans Morrison and McCoy, and more
Queen of Muses
The always extraordinary Patricia Clarkson on Sharp Objects, portraying difficult characters, and the correct way to make jambalaya
A Monster Among Angels
The Night of the Iguana, now in an eloquent production in London, is Tennessee Williams’s last great work
Olivia Laing
On the books that cure her writer’s block
