The Year of Magical Eating
In an interview, Stanley Tucci lays bare his relationship with grief, his battle with oral cancer, and his new memoir chronicling a year of meals
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a biography of artist LeRoy Neiman, a tour of New York’s hidden landmarks, a novel set in a Manhattan women’s hotel, and a new translation of Aesop’s fables
A Place in the Sun
A new book tells the story of Ballroom Marfa, the West Texas arts center that has brought together creatives such as Takashi Murakami and Agnes Denes for the last 20 years
Varieties of Humbug
My enduring fascination with The Wizard of Oz
The Secret Life of Mondrian
Unseen letters, gay lovers, a 30-minute kiss … a new biography pulls back the curtain on the elusive Dutch painter
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a charming history of American presidents’ financial affairs, Tove Jansson’s chronicle of summers in Finland, and a collection of Dorothy Parker’s New Yorker reviews