The Man Behind Daniel Craig’s Mississippi Drawl
Rian Johnson, the creator of Knives Out, reveals how he updated Hitchcock, Sleuth, and Christie
The Jewel in The Crown
Erin Doherty is pure ebullience, even if her Princess Anne is something else entirely
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
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
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
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