WASP’s Nest Terrified by the distinctly WASP-ish hell of lacking a life’s purpose, Cold War columnist Joe Alsop created a setting for his self-protective, civic-humanist fantasy
July 28, 2021
Short List What to read in the coming weeks, from memoirs exploring masculinity and the cutthroat world of ballet to a look at the history and future of motion
July 28, 2021
It’s Complicated The revolutionary filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl won the hearts of everyone from Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger to Joseph Goebbels and Roger Ailes
July 28, 2021
The Kids Were Alright A new documentary explores the gritty intersection of skateboarding and hip-hop in 90s New York
July 28, 2021
Gen Z and the Great WFH Revolt of 2021 What happens when offices reopen and no one shows up?
What If … WeWork’s flamed-out founder, Adam Neumann, were made head of the World Bank?
Soul Stirrers Tracks to turn on your love-light and give you a soulful strut, from Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Katie Webster, P. P. Arnold, and more
Safe Mode The authors of a new book on the history of quarantines think they’re here to stay
Ascending the Art World The son of British adventurer Bear Grylls swaps Everest for oil paintings
Christine Ko The Asian-American actress hails from film royalty, but when it comes to her own career, she’s figuring it out on her own
Here Is New York Douglas Corrance’s colorful photographs recall summers in 1970s and 1980s New York
Opera Pick of the Week From Boston Lyric Opera in a bicoastal partnership with Long Beach Opera, the game-changing miniseries Desert In
July 23, 2021
Comstock’s Ghost Anthony Comstock spent his life trying to curb women’s rights. His traumatic history makes his mission all the more bizarre—and perverse
July 21, 2021
Short List What to read this week, including books on J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, and Roy Cohn; the virtues of forgetting; and the life of Rob Sedgwick
July 21, 2021
Good-bye, Blake Bailey Book-industry insiders are coming down on both sides of the Blake Bailey–Philip Roth controversy, which resulted in the pulping of Bailey’s Roth bio
July 21, 2021
Opera Pick of the Week In Lo Schiavo, Verdi’s forgotten Brazilian disciple tackles colonialism, South American style
July 17, 2021
