Julia Vitale
Announcing the Winners of the Tom Wolfe Literary Prizes
The recipients of the inaugural awards are Vincenzo Latronico, for fiction, and Meghan Daum, for reportage
AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2023
Dazzling volumes on Karl Lagerfeld’s homes, vintage cars, and an artists’ amusement park, plus photography collections from Mary Ellen Mark, Lee Miller, and Nick Waplington, and a cookbook or two
AIR MAIL’s 12 Best Books of 2023
David Grann’s shipwreck tale, Sam Wasson’s Hollywood history, Mona Simpson’s latest novel, Tim Alberta’s foray inside the Evangelical Right: holiday reading for every type
Three Days in New Orleans
The second annual New Orleans Book Festival, held on the Tulane University campus and co-chaired by Walter Isaacson, featured panels with Maggie Haberman, Michael Lewis, and AIR MAIL’s Alessandra Stanley and Nathan King
AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2022
Dazzling volumes on Black cinema, Pattie Boyd’s Swinging London, and Elsa Schiaparelli’s surreal designs, plus photography collections from Janette Beckman, Saul Leiter, and Gordon Parks, and a cookbook or two
AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2022
Michael K. Williams’s memoir, a history of G.E., a biography of F.D.R., Elena Ferrante’s essay collection: holiday reading for every type
Elizabeth II and Her Horses
Remembering Britain’s longest-reigning monarch in her most beloved pastime
Libraries of Dreams
A new volume compiles photographs of the world’s oldest and most groundbreaking book collections
Gridiron Giants
Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, a look back through the archives of America’s favorite sport
Steve Schapiro Brought the Laughs
A fixture on the Hollywood circuit, Schapiro photographed everyone from Mel Brooks to Dolly Parton with humor and class
Architecture’s Avant-Garde
A look at the transgressive styles that disrupted and remade 20th-century architecture
