The Pathological Ironist
Percival Everett, whose novel James won the Pulitzer Prize this month, talks Trump, Twain, and fighting darkness with humor
Department of Insanity
Move over, DOGE—Group Receiving Inducements For Trump (GRIFT), the president’s newest government agency, is draining the swamp, one luxury jet at a time
Shakespeare on Pointe
Balanchine’s 1962 adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a magical tale of love and longing, returns to New York City Ballet
The G-Man Writes Again
Former F.B.I. director James Comey on working for George W. Bush and Barack Obama; advice for the current director, Kash Patel; and the art of his second act: writing thrillers
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a new boxed set of Jane Austen’s novels, an account of the fabled 1917 sighting of the Virgin Mary in Portugal, and a portrait of the Roman poet Horace
Prabal Gurung’s Guide to Kathmandu
The Nepalese-American fashion designer shares his favorite spots in his hometown
A Ziegfeld Girl Recalls the Forgotten War
After Cosette, Eliza Doolittle, and Sondheim’s Dot, Melissa Errico channels her great aunt Rose
Lily McInerny
In a starring role alongside Chloë Sevigny, the 26-year-old brings new energy to a coming-of-age classic
What’s Old Is New Again
The vice-chairman of 20th- and 21st-century art at Christie’s New York recommends the 10 must-see paintings in the newly reopened Frick Collection
The Man Behind the Mustache
Ron Chernow discusses adapting his Hamilton biography into the hit musical, how to cure writer’s block, and the complicated, thrilling subject of his latest book: Mark Twain
The Mean Girls Next Door
How Tina Fey turned a self-help manual for anxious mothers into the quintessential teen movie of the early aughts
The People’s Mother
From McDonald’s to Disneyland, mums’ races, and school drop-offs, no aspect of Princess Diana’s identity was more heavily scrutinized than her role as a mother to William and Harry
When a Billionaire Buys Your General Store
On this week’s podcast, Carrie Monahan looks at the latest oddity among the 0.1-percenters on Long Island’s East End
The Amazing Jack Kirby
The co-creator of Captain America, Iron Man, and the Avengers gets his first museum retrospective
Eighties Mania!
From the eruption of Mount Saint Helens to the rise of Madonna, Indira Gandhi’s assassination, and shoulder pads, two new books capture the bold, anarchic spirit of the decade
The Writer and the Spy
How a journalist and a god-fearing F.B.I. agent partnered up to tell the true story of going undercover in America’s most dangerous neo-Nazi group
Lolita Cros’s Guide to New York
The French curator and art dealer shares her favorite art galleries in her hometown
