Beauvoir Revisited
A new book offers a second take on The Second Sex
Librarian Chic
In September, Prestel will publish a new edition of German photographer Candida Höfer’s Libraries, featuring striking images from literary spaces across the world
A Home Called Raffles
One hotel for the ages
Electric Conductor
How Carlos Kleiber’s opera rehearsals influence the director of The French Connection
Will That Be All?
An exhibition re-creates the atmosphere of a Pompeiian banquet—just before the volcano erupted
Boris-Ripper
Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial slights
He Re-Shoots, He Scores
Russian filmmakers splice sports history to play along with Putin
Brunello Cucinelli
Selects three books that ask the big questions
Thanks, but No Thanks
Rejection letters you might have missed
Green is the New Picasso
A slew of new exhibitions add urgency to the plight of the planet
B&N It’s Not
The woman behind Once upon a Time in Hollywood’s costumes selects her favorite L.A. bookstore
Christy Turlington Burns
Chooses the books that inspire her in activism and motherhood
Mike Pence Wants a Fluffy Robe
The veep’s hotel demands (we think)
