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Bohemian Rhapsody

Photographs of Andy Warhol, Loulou de la Falaise, and Marisa Berenson capture the birth of 60s cool

It Takes One to Know One

The author of a biography of Dave Brubeck on the jazz pianist’s little-known friendship with bebop sensation Charlie Parker

Mark Morris

When one of the most influential choreographers alive today has a minute to himself, he reads

Wonder Woman

Old Head, Young Shoulders

Last Laugh

To the Extreme

Alexandra Fuller

The African-born writer recommends books that depict the complex brutality of colonialism

The Leaning Towers of Deutsche

The author of a new book exposes the widespread, historic corruption fueling the German bank’s downfall

Blood, Toil, Tears, and Churchill

Enemies’ Enemies

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Cloudy with a Chance of Doom

Pozzi Scheme

Murder, They Wrote

Bob Balaban

“I pretend for a living. But in real life, I’m a reality junkie”: the actor recommends his favorite nonfiction books

Flipping the Hitchcock Script

The author of a new book on Joan Harrison re-writes the filmmaker’s prolific history to highlight the woman driving his success

License to Burn

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Caroline de Maigret

De Beauvoir, Didion, Ernaux: the French style star on the essential women writers

New York’s Got Game

Walk south on Sixth Avenue toward West Third Street at any time of the day or night and you’ll be hard-pressed not to see a basketball game in play. It’s a perpetual motion—has been for decades—throughout the city

Coco d’Azur

One Crept over the Falcon’s Nest