Short List What to read this week, including a personal history of a publishing duo that fled Nazi Germany; a searing memoir; and an ode to trees
August 18, 2021
Animal Attraction Joachim Schmeisser’s African-wildlife photographs pay homage to the magical creatures of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park
The King of Comedy Eight questions with David Steinberg, director of Seinfeld, Friends, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, whose new book looks back at the last five decades of comedy
Buddy Movies Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby were one of Hollywood’s great creative teams. Their unraveling left insiders mystified
August 11, 2021
Short List What to read this week, including a look back at home ec, a blow-by-blow of the Watergate scandal, and a history of Oceania
August 11, 2021
The Techno King of Tesla Elon Musk may dislike being C.E.O. of the car company, but he wants to remain in power
Tears in Heaven The George Harrison–Pattie Boyd–Eric Clapton love triangle is one for the ages. But were Boyd and Clapton doomed from the start?
August 4, 2021
The Money Shot Scottish photographer Albert Watson reveals the stories behind his best work
Oedipus Complex Inside the mind of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the Upper East Side golden boy who killed his own father
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
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
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
