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A Night Celebrating Adam Nagourney On Tuesday, Gay Talese, Maureen Dowd, Maggie Haberman, and other journalistic swells gathered at a book party hosted by AIR MAIL Co-Editors Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley in celebration of the writer’s new book, a history of The New York Times

By Nathan King

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High Times

Unabashedly Arab The war in Gaza has not stopped New York’s Habibi from dishing out Levantine good vibes

By Carrie Monahan

Stranding Out!

Bounce with Me How do some New York women achieve such incredibly lush, shiny, healthy-looking hair? One new arrival steals their secrets

By Megan Agnew

The Imperfect Ending

Nicholson Baker The award-winning author, who’s written about everything from actual secret government programs to imagined inter-dimensional sex fantasias, reveals a few of his least favorite things

Shyan Zakeri The Los Angeles native is bringing his favorite childhood burgers—greasy, thin patties—to New York City with his pop-up concept, Shy’s Burgers

By Elena Clavarino

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Out of Africa

By Celia McGee

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Dodging Bullets Trump has a long history of surviving sex scandals, bankruptcies, criminal investigations, impeachments, lawsuits—and now this

By Peter Osnos

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Clarence Maclin In his breakout role, the formerly incarcerated actor stars alongside Colman Domingo and Paul Raci in the semi-biographical film Sing Sing

By Jack Sullivan

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Changing Places Linda Fairstein put Yusef Salaam in prison for the attack on the Central Park jogger. He was exonerated and is running for office; she is excoriated and living as a pariah

By Jeffrey Toobin

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Le Gratin

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Labor Pains

By Tom Scocca

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Books

Notes from Underground

By Spike Carter

Open Book

Mad About the Girl A new coffee-table book collects the photographer Sam Shaw’s never-before-seen pictures of his longtime friend and muse, Marilyn Monroe

By Carolina de Armas

The Real Deal

Diary of a Southern Grande Dame Patricia Altschul—the richer-than-God, twice-divorced Charleston matriarch who inspired Parker Posey’s White Lotus character—tells all on her run-ins with royals, Trump, and America’s gilded circles

By Megan Agnew

The Last Front-of-House Man For five decades, Ken Aretsky has defied New York restaurant odds by making charm, simplicity, and elegance the first orders of business

By David Coggins

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Slapstick Apocalypse

By Richard Lacayo

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The Connecticut Way of Death How my investigation into the disappearance of mother of five Jennifer Dulos went from In Cold Blood to Madame Bovary

By Rich Cohen

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Stephen Fry The actor, writer, comedian, and director answers 45 of life’s most pressing questions

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Nick Kroll The force behind Kroll Show and Big Mouth shares his least favorite things

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A Night Celebrating Sloane Crosley Salman Rushdie, Griffin Dunne, Naomi Fry, Gary Shteyngart, and others gathered at the Waverly Inn in celebration of the writer’s new memoir

By Jack Sullivan

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The Peacock Orthodoxy At the men’s-wear trade show Pitti Uomo, in Florence, fanatics have been turning out in their finest kit since 1972. Can their traditionalist leanings endure the tides of fashion? Well, they already have

By Eugene Rabkin

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Air Mail Diary

A Truly Fresh Hell, Courtesy of Dorothy Parker And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

Churchill’s Angels How a secret W.W. II–era British spy ring fought the Nazis from New York’s Rockefeller Center—and how a female agent almost lost her life in the process

By Thomas Maier

The Seasoned Traveler

Daphne Guinness The musician, artist, and fashion fixture reveals her travel routine

High Life, Low Life In his new book, the photographer Dafydd Jones captures a bygone New York, an era of new and old money, La Grenouille and Le Cirque

By Graydon Carter

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