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No. 329
November 1, 2025
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THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Alexandra Marshall unpacks the scandals, trials, and verdicts that landed former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in his cell at Paris’s La Santé Prison …
ONCE UPON A CRIME
From the Unabomber manifesto to Moby Dick, John H. Richardson examines the literature that radicalized the UnitedHealthcare shooter, Luigi Mangione …
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The Harlem Book of the Dead
Black funerals in New York City were once a celebration, welcoming the deceased into an afterlife of…
sleep
Ostermoor
Getting a set of Matouk sheets is always a thrill, but new duvets are rarely a reason to celebrate. Enter Ostermoor, whose handmade…
listen
“Berghain”
Rosalía’s first offering from her upcoming Lux album (out November 7) is her most experimental yet…
strut
Herbert Levine
Spare yourself the mirthless drudgery of scouring Amazon for a last-minute costume and opt for what the British call “fancy dress,”…
read
Motherland
People may get the government they deserve, but Russian women don’t. The Bolsheviks’ promise of equality broke down quickly…
look
Stoned
As an art-and-jewelry historian, I consider last week’s Louvre heist to be my Watergate, which has led me to revisit the 2015 book…
read
The Harlem Book of the Dead
Black funerals in New York City were once a celebration, welcoming the deceased into an afterlife of…
sleep
Ostermoor
Getting a set of Matouk sheets is always a thrill, but new duvets are rarely a reason to celebrate. Enter Ostermoor, whose handmade…
listen
“Berghain”
Rosalía’s first offering from her upcoming Lux album (out November 7) is her most experimental yet…
strut
Herbert Levine
Spare yourself the mirthless drudgery of scouring Amazon for a last-minute costume and opt for what the British call “fancy dress,”…
read
Motherland
People may get the government they deserve, but Russian women don’t. The Bolsheviks’ promise of equality broke down quickly…
look
Stoned
As an art-and-jewelry historian, I consider last week’s Louvre heist to be my Watergate, which has led me to revisit the 2015 book…
A Wrinkle in Time Toni Morrison, Truman Capote, Patti Smith … A new coffee-table book collects Richard Avedon’s portraits of his aging subjects
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