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Solace for the Disenchanted

The Trumper’s Dilemma

What’s a Trump aide to do after a lost election? A new book reveals the roads taken by Jared Kushner and Rudy Giuliani—and their disastrous effects

Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

Ricky Gervais, Greg Daniels, Jenna Fischer, Steve Carell, John Krasinski, and others tell the unlikely story of how the U.S. Office came to be

Blitz and Pieces

Highsmith Confidential

Newly released diaries reveal Patricia Highsmith’s affair with a married woman—and an uncharacteristically tender side to the infamous author

The Lost Boys of Fiction

Oh where, oh where have the young male novelists gone?

Blurred Lines

Kurt Vonnegut’s notes and early drafts provide the missing link between his fictional characters and his own personal life

A Man for All Seasons

From fashion to film to a stint at magazine editing, Tom Ford does it all. In the foreword to a new book, the author tries to describe how Ford became Tom Ford

Victimhood Goes Mad

The tribulations of the brainy and beautiful. Tiny violins, please!

The Last Picture Show

The illustrious illustrator recalls the humble 1950s graphic publication with big dreams he founded on a whim with Seymour Chwast and Milton Glaser

Shows and Tales

A new oral history brings back the glory days of the rock concert, starting with rock’s post–World War II R&B roots and going all the way through 1985’s Live Aid

Eminent Concordians

Artful Dodger

Full Circle

Staff Picks

This week, don’t miss a collection of letters by writers from Beckett to Vonnegut; a history of the 13th Tour de France; and a guide to the world’s most peculiar foods

Home Improvement

Taxi Driving

An illustrated history of the New York taxicab recalls the glory days of early motorized cars and spacious Checkers

Exposing Her Weiner

Huma Abedin claims she had never heard of sex addiction until her husband’s sexting scandal broke

The Lap of Luxury

A new memoir reveals the late Karl Lagerfeld in all of his complexity

Murder, They Wrote

The Wind Cries Jimi

The Decade That Never Ended

Flipping the Godfather Script

Mario Puzo was an avid gambler, novelist, and pizza eater. But there was one department where he could use some help: screenwriting

Jerusalem Syndrome

The Christian obsession with the holy city has played a key role in creating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—and remains a stumbling block to its resolution