Jenny Slate
On the sharpest female voices, from the 1940s
to the present
Piece of Her Heart
Janis Joplin’s biographer reveals the staunch seriousness behind the singer’s free-spirited front
Natasha Stagg
The young author who has her finger on the pulse of the new New York
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries
When Hawthorne Met Melville
Reliving the walk in the Berkshires that changed literary history—and perhaps kindled a great romance
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
Medieval Plastic
Robert Harris’s new novel is set after modern civilization collapses and the world reverts to the Dark Ages
Don’t Pass Him By
The ever cheerful Ringo Starr has a new album—improbably titled What’s My Name—and a lot to say about drumming, photography, and that band …
Genius Loves Company
The author of the first account of Einstein’s British entanglement unveils the physicist’s unlikely
English-countryside hosts
Why Talk to a Pariah?
I’ve never met one I didn’t like and I just wanted to understand
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!
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
