The Year That Changed Everything
The turn of the century saw a “stop the steal” election followed by a devastating terrorist attack. America was never the same
W Is for “Women”
A new book of essays and photos traces the fashion, life, and inspirations of Yves Saint Laurent from A to Z. Amy Fine Collins zeroes in on his muses
Isabel May
Ahead of Sunday’s 1883 finale, the Hollywood starlet looks onward
Medieval Chivalry for the Modern World
Director Joe Wright’s new anti-musical musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac has shades of his own off-screen love triangle
The Queen’s Gambit
Immersive midsummer madness from the Bridge Theatre, London
Trump Write Pretty One Day
On this week’s episode, James Wolcott shares what he discovered reading the ex-president’s coffee-table book
Jessica Plummer
She went from singing at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show to sharing the screen with Nicole Kidman. Now the actress takes a starring role in The Girl Before
More Is More
Skyhorse will seemingly publish anything, from the conspiracist screeds of Roger Stone and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the canceled essays of Norman Mailer
Murder, They Wrote
New mystery books by Cara Black, Lucy Foley, and Nina de Gramont, paired with a Georges Simenon classic, take on Paris and Agatha Christie
Worlds Apart
Yes, people who believe the Earth is flat still exist. Here’s how this radical conspiracy movement got its start—and how to get its believers to see the light
Winter of Soul
Warm tracks for cold days, from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Bobby Womack, Syl Johnson, Millie Jackson, and more
A Fistful of Donald
For $75, you too can buy a gaudy, gold-accented coffee-table book featuring all things Trump. Proceeds go to MAGA and Mar-a-Lago
Ink Different
Recalling an era where Richard Avedon and Bill Cunningham shot for underground independents, Chicago’s Art Institute goes inside the world of alternative magazines spanning the 70s to the 90s
