Diamond in the Rough
A new edition of Dawn Powell’s 1942 novel, A Time to Be Born, seeks to rehabilitate its author, whose society tales skewered the New York milieu and earned the admiration of Hemingway and Vidal
Courtney Rafuse
The Toronto-based perfumer discusses Universal Flowering, her cult-favorite brand of small-batch scents that transform over time
The Secret Life of Hotels
Before doing the Madeline children’s books and the murals for New York’s Carlyle-hotel bar, Ludwig Bemelmans worked at the Ritz—and kept notes
