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
Not Your Ordinary Radioactive Meatball
Also: true and true-enough crime series to latch on to, set in L.A. and N.Y.
Dave Brown
The Hollywood maverick who hosts a film festival—every single week
Beauvoir Revisited
A new book offers a second take on The Second Sex
Electric Conductor
How Carlos Kleiber’s opera rehearsals influence the director of The French Connection
Brunello Cucinelli
Selects three books that ask the big questions
Librarian Chic
In September, Prestel will publish a new edition of German photographer Candida Höfer’s Libraries, featuring striking images from literary spaces across the world
Boris-Ripper
Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial slights
He Re-Shoots, He Scores
Russian filmmakers splice sports history to play along with Putin
A Home Called Raffles
One hotel for the ages
Will That Be All?
An exhibition re-creates the atmosphere of a Pompeiian banquet—just before the volcano erupted
Thanks, but No Thanks
Rejection letters you might have missed
