Jenny Slate
On the sharpest female voices, from the 1940s
to the present
From Marty Scorsese’s Movies
What do Hoagy Carmichael, the Ronettes, Artie Shaw, the Rolling Stones, Dr. John, and Dropkick Murphys have in common?
When Hawthorne Met Melville
Reliving the walk in the Berkshires that changed literary history—and perhaps kindled a great romance
And the Band Played On
Fifty years later, Robbie Robertson talks about “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries
How to Serve Man
In 1921, the Lenin-led Soviet Union faced one of the worst famines in history. A new book details its horrors and the American effort to combat cannibalism
People-Mapping
A new book offers fascinating stats—from Viking raids to the countries living sans McDonald’s—through the lens of the world map
Genius Loves Company
The author of the first account of Einstein’s British entanglement unveils the physicist’s unlikely
English-countryside hosts
How to Write a Business Memoir
The world would be a better place imparted with your vital insights and uncanny corporate acumen. Wouldn’t it?
Neil deGrasse Tyson
The astrophysicist and author on the last books he picked up, and the one he couldn’t finish
Power Dressing
The estate of the Queen’s dressmaker will be auctioned at Amersham Auction Rooms, in Buckinghamshire, on October 31
Tokini Peterside
“I have spent most of my career being a bridge between artists and the business world,” says the founder of Art X Lagos
Halloween Charade
An All Saints’ party with Patti, Billie, Neko, Nico, Emmylou, Bruce, Lucinda, and more—some with full names!
