New York
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Jack Siebert The Los Angeles–based curator using social media to find the art world’s rising stars
Lit Hubbub
The Sally Rooney Effect Writers, editors, and booksellers weigh in on the new book by the world’s most talked-about young novelist
City Guides
Mickalene Thomas’s Guide to Brooklyn The American artist shares her go-to spots in the neighborhood she calls home
Beauty and Wellness
Eye of the Beholder What’s with the sudden proliferation of alcohol-free spirits and wine? After an extensive taste test, our beauty-and-wellness columnist breaks from her white Burgundy—and loves it. Bottoms up!
Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a biography of artist LeRoy Neiman, a tour of New York’s hidden landmarks, a novel set in a Manhattan women’s hotel, and a new translation of Aesop’s fables
Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a timely look back at McCarthyism, a novel about a couple’s tragic battle with dementia, and a history of the four compass points
But First …
The View from Here Will Trump use an obscure legal loophole to turn the National Guard into an anti-immigrant army answerable only to him?
On the Scent
Scents to Savor The hottest new fragrances smell a whole lot like dinner—and the effect is much more appealing than it sounds
Adventures in Comedy
“Area Loser Wants Job” The longest-serving editor of The Onion on how a group of “unemployable” twentysomethings created America’s foremost satirical publication
