Weird Barbie Writes a Book
Saturday Night Live alumna Kate McKinnon is the latest actor to try her hand at writing a children’s book. Not surprisingly, it’s great!
It Takes Two
On what would have been Robert Frank’s 100th birthday, a window into his friendship with fellow photographer—and protégé—Edward Keating
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
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
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
Architecture’s Philosopher
A new coffee-table book celebrates the life and career of I. M. Pei, the modernist visionary behind Paris’s Louvre Pyramid and Hong Kong’s Bank of China Tower
True Confessions?
Did Joan Didion’s husband have the hots for Eve Babitz—or was he moving in another direction?
Can’t Read, Won’t Read
Have children fallen out of love with books? And, if so, does it matter?
Adventures in Absinthe
When I set out to expose a black-market counterfeiter of vintage absinthe, things didn’t go the way I expected
Yulia Navalnaya Picks Up the Baton
Eight months after the Kremlin murdered her husband, Alexei Navalny’s widow reflects on their marriage, their shared aspirations for their home country, and why she doesn’t hate Vladimir Putin
Deadly Pleasures to Listen to, Read, and Watch
Get in the Halloween spirit with this month’s best mystery podcast, book, and movie
Call Him by His Name
In an interview, André Aciman discusses the inspiration for Call Me by Your Name and his new memoir, about his own teenage years spent in Italy
