Molly Young is taking over the book world. She is one of the jazzier book critics at The New York Times, reviewing big novels by big male authors (Julian Barnes, Jonathan Franzen, Ian McEwan). She also writes a newsletter for the paper, which often spotlights titles no one has ever heard of. Now she’s branching out into publishing books; her first one, a debut novel from a young, unknown author, releases next spring.
He first crept into the public consciousness when a 2012 Gawker story about his being banned from Instagram went viral. (He got the boot after posting a picture of topless women sunbathing at Fort Tilden Beach.) Today, Daniel Arnold is back on the social-media platform, where he shares a steady stream of photos, and has published a monograph—Pickpocket—but hasn’t changed much otherwise. He is the street photographer of the moment.
