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?
Do Not Open Before 2114
The author who shared everything in My Struggle keeps his new book under wraps for 94 years
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
EPISODE II: “Dial ‘Facebook Messages’ for Murder”
More correspondence from Lansy Everett, formerly of the New York Herald Tribune, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Vogue, Worth, and Harper’s Bazaar
Food for Thought
This Land is Their Land offers a true account of the First Thanksgiving. Its author illustrates the violent history behind today’s myth
Jesse Eisenberg
Recommends four contemporary plays
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
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
Come On in My Kitchen
Music to cook by, from Domenico Modugno, Roberta Flack, Fleetwood Mac, Dolly Parton, the Temptations, Renato Carosone, and more
Behind The Crown
The inside story of how the show’s creator, Peter Morgan, mixes facts with dramatic inventiveness
Jackie’s Russian Collusion
A letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to Nikita Khrushchev was among the last she’d send from the White House
Cuban Revolution
Ana de Armas, the Knives Out actress and soon-to-be Bond girl, on working with Daniel Craig and Chris Evans
Dream Come True
An excerpt from a new book reveals how Disneyland came to be
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries
Beyond the White Bikini
Ursula Andress, no Hollywood careerist, found fame and has enjoyed a “very lucky” life regardless