The Unpublished Verse
of Donald Trump
“I think that I shall never see,
a poem lovely as a wall … ”
Randall Poster’s Bumper-to-Bumper Blues Playlist
Lily Allen, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Traffic
(naturally), Sly & Robbie, and More
Jared Harris
Shares the standouts on his bookshelf
Randall Poster’s Deep-Summer Playlist:
Ella Fitzgerald, Vampire Weekend, the Meters, and More …
Notes on Sontag
The late American writer loved to keep lists. Her biographer traces the backward arc from her viral “Camp” essay to the notes that preceded it
Beauvoir Revisited
A new book offers a second take on The Second Sex
Gurinder Chadha
On the memoirs that altered her worldview
Dave Brown
The Hollywood maverick who hosts a film festival—every single week
Not Your Ordinary Radioactive Meatball
Also: true and true-enough crime series to latch on to, set in L.A. and N.Y.
