Phony Business
J. D. Salinger refused to let his novels and stories be adapted for film and television. But that hasn’t stopped some directors
The Girl with the Gimlet Eye
New York writer Natasha Stagg translated her exacting cultural critiques into work for big brands. Her latest book grapples with questions about social media, identity, and authenticity in our increasingly online world
The Life and Legend of Maggie Higgins
She was one of the few female war correspondents assigned to W.W. II and Korea. A new book details Higgins’s intrepid life, both in the field and amid the misogyny of the 20th-century news industry
Ludovic Nkoth
One year after moving to Paris, the 28-year-old artist, known for expressive portraits that center on Blackness, is collaborating with some of France’s most prestigious institutions
Lunch with Irving Azoff
Music’s boldest executive, who has managed everyone from the Eagles to Nicki Minaj, joins host Bruce Bozzi for a power lunch on this week’s episode of Table for Two
His Back Pages
Alongside the opening of the Bob Dylan Center, in Tulsa, comes a giant new volume of handwritten lyrics, letters from friends including George Harrison, and rare manuscripts
Skeletons in the Closet
A new true-crime podcast deals with a grisly murder, a faceless ghost, and just how far you can stretch family ties
Why Sam Bankman-Fried Is Screwed
On this week’s podcast, Jacob Silverman reveals how the feds are crushing the bitcoin hustler
The Magic of Marisol
A traveling retrospective of Marisol Escobar’s work highlights the onetime Warhol girl’s wit and humor
Write Book, Bake Cake, Buy Flowers
Acclaimed first as a novel, then as a movie, The Hours finds a niche at the Metropolitan Opera
After-School Activity
While spies are frequently portrayed as hardened, middle-aged men, a new book reveals that undercover agents are often twentysomething women
The Inside Story on the Craziest Grifter Story Ever
Listen to the editor of “The Grift, the Prince, and the Twist” as he reveals how he uncovered the con
A Closed Book
With its opaque criteria and global purview, judging literature’s prestigious Nobel Prize is often a thankless task
The Shock of the Old
An exhibition of 28 nearly 400-year-old paintings was the global cultural event of 2023. Why?
You Only LIV Once!
In light of the P.G.A. Tour’s merger with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, a brand-new set of rules and regulations for players—and their wives!—is announced
Kids These Days
A delightful new picture book explores one of children’s favorite pastimes: speculating about the future
The Final Debrief
Who was John le Carré? A new documentary and book uncover fresh clues
