Olivia Laing
On the books that cure her writer’s block
Late-Night
Beck, Ray Charles, the Beastie Boys, Vans Morrison and McCoy, and more
Tangier Style
A new book, out in September, features photographs of the Moroccan coastal city’s picturesque homes and gardens
A Monster Among Angels
The Night of the Iguana, now in an eloquent production in London, is Tennessee Williams’s last great work
Queen of Muses
The always extraordinary Patricia Clarkson on Sharp Objects, portraying difficult characters, and the correct way to make jambalaya
The Story of L
A noted French author reimagines Nabokov’s novel from Lolita’s point of view
Laura Carlin
The London artist whose illustrations and ceramics appeal to children and grown-ups alike
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
The Id of HBO
Bill Murray had Harold Ramis. Danny McBride has Jody Hill, who discusses the duo’s “misunderstood-angry-man trilogy”
The Unpublished Verse
of Donald Trump
“I think that I shall never see,
a poem lovely as a wall … ”
