Space Odyssey A book of photographs offers new ways of looking at architecture, its influence, and its surroundings
75 Years of Ebony Magazine covers spanning 1945 to today celebrate the community that gave us Jackie Robinson, M.L.K., Aretha Franklin, and Oprah
Ripley’s Match Richard Bradford’s new biography of Patricia Highsmith evokes a flawed genius who bridged crime writing and high literature
Scaling Mount Whitman Through years of research and introspection, an author asks, How did Walt Whitman write the poetry that we remember him by?
February 3, 2021
Future Shock Eight questions with Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction, whose new book contemplates the earth’s precarious future
David Mamet With theaters shut, read what the playwrights are reading. In Mamet’s case, this means William Bolitho (introduced to him by Shel Silverstein), Christopher Hollis, and Pierre Berton
February 11, 2021
Heroes and Villains Stan Lee’s final days were as tragic and conflict-filled as his career was momentous. The comic-book legend’s biographer reveals the roots of his undoing
February 11, 2021
All in the Family Like his daughter Ghislaine, the notorious British media baron Robert Maxwell was a monster. How did it all start?
February 11, 2021
Heart of Darkness It was only after Robert Maxwell’s death that the world realized how far his criminality extended. Yet the riddle surrounding his final moments endures
Record High How did Warner Bros. Records land the Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, and Prince?
Sounds of Silence A collection of photographs captures the calm that has given Venice room to breathe and its treasures a chance to shine during the coronavirus pandemic
