Deadly Pleasures to Listen to, Read, and Watch
Get in the Halloween spirit with this month’s best mystery podcast, book, and movie
From Russia, with Lulz
Mark Eydelshteyn landed his first English-speaking role with a very unusual audition tape
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a memoir from the interwar Jane Austen, the musings of a thrice Booker Prize–shortlisted author, and a biography of the humorist Will Rogers
The Dickens of Appalachia
In an interview, Barbara Kingsolver discusses her little-known first book, the inspiration behind Demon Copperhead, and what J. D. Vance gets wrong about the rural South
Bjarke Ingels’s Guide to Copenhagen
The Danish architect shares his favorite spots in his home city
Rosario Candela’s New York
The Jazz Age architect invented penthouse living, remaking the city’s skyline—and attracting buyers including Jackie O—along the way
Party Animals
From laughing seals to dancing monkeys to sexy hippos, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards use humor to raise environmental awareness
Inside the Strange World of Melania
On this week’s podcast, Andy Borowitz takes us inside the new memoir by Mrs. Trump
Funny Face
An exhibition in Winslow, Arizona, celebrates Paul Ruschá, the multi-media artist, nomadic art-world jester, and longtime paramour of Eve Babitz
The Rudolph Revival
A wunderkind who spent his later years in the wilderness, the visionary architect Paul Rudolph is finally getting the retrospective he deserves
The Living-Room M.F.A.
As the cost of graduate writing programs goes up and the degree’s perceived value declines, alternatives are springing up far from campus
The Ives Conundrum
Celebrating 150 years of Charles Ives, the masterful American composer we’re still quick to dismiss as a crank
Ave Maria!
She got Rudy Giuliani to fiddle with his crotch in the Borat sequel. Now Maria Bakalova steals the show as Ivana Trump in the new movie The Apprentice
A Lotta Ins, a Lotta Outs, a Lotta What-Have-Yous
The origin—and immortality—of The Big Lebowski
The Sinner of City Hall
There was a time when New Yorkers loved a fun-loving, hard-partying, bribe-taking, crony-rewarding mayor
Does It Be Best?
Melania Trump’s book is the red Christmas tree of First Lady memoirs
Frank Sinatra Gets Whacked
Martin Scorsese’s gritty biopic of Frank Sinatra has been shelved. Was it the singer’s family, or Gen Z’s lack of interest, that killed it off?
Moscow Hotline
Selected excerpts from the phone conversations between former president Donald J. Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin
