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The Visions of Rodney Smith

The Man Behind Daniel Craig’s Mississippi Drawl

Rian Johnson, the creator of Knives Out, reveals how he updated Hitchcock, Sleuth, and Christie

A Whale of a Show!

The Jewel in The Crown

Erin Doherty is pure ebullience, even if her Princess Anne is something else entirely

Wheel of Fortune

Do Not Open Before 2114

The author who shared everything in My Struggle keeps his new book under wraps for 94 years

Anthony Doerr

Shares the essential titles on his bookshelf

Ode to Power

The Family Jewels

Kane, Eve, and Cleopatra

The author of a new book on the Mankiewicz brothers reckons with an especially timely concern: Were her subjects predatory monsters?

Man of Letters

A new collection of Ralph Ellison’s correspondence sheds light on the life of the writer, including the
first books that influenced him

Beyond the Trenches

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

A Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach
and Beyond

The Fast Lane

Old Head, Young Shoulders

Dream Come True

An excerpt from a new book reveals how Disneyland came to be

EPISODE I: “Slattern-on-the-Hudson”

Recent correspondence from Lansy Everett, formerly of the New York Herald Tribune, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Vogue, Worth, and Harper’s Bazaar

Murder, They Wrote

Three new mysteries

On the Road with Hitchens
and Saint Augustine

Where the Wild Things Were

Come On in My Kitchen

Music to cook by, from Domenico Modugno, Roberta Flack, Fleetwood Mac, Dolly Parton, the Temptations, Renato Carosone, and more

Horse Sense

A new book offers a playful antidote to uncertain times, from the British illustrator whose past collaborations with Richard Curtis and Nelson Mandela are a testament to the wide-ranging charm of his work

Beyond the White Bikini

Ursula Andress, no Hollywood careerist, found fame and has enjoyed a “very lucky” life regardless