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The Polish Canon

Point to Point

In the Money

A Portrait of the Surrealists

News from the Front

Fool’s Gold

Olivia Laing

On the books that cure her writer’s block

Tangier Style

A new book, out in September, features photographs of the Moroccan coastal city’s picturesque homes and gardens

All Modern Women Are Jealous

A Better Billionaire

On writing The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg

Lara’s Song

Sean Penn Picks a Pickled Pepper

Top Shop

The author, whose new book is out this fall, selects his favorite Scottish bookshop

Malcolm Mackay

On the crime fiction that never gets old

Inspectors About Town

The Literary Industrial Complex

Italy has more book festivals than it has books

The Longest Day

Wondering Eye

François Halard’s photography gets inside the homes and studios—and aesthetic experiences—of artists

Nasty Business

A Higher Power

A new biography offers a look into the diary of Israel’s founder

Smyth on Smith

Long Story Short

Short List

Jacqueline Woodson

Selects three of this year’s best novels