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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

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Our Favorite American Diners

S&P

By Louise Grunwald

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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

Books

Out of Africa

By Celia McGee

Breast Strokes Smaller implants have given rise to a new surgical procedure, and even some exotic dancers are fans

By Elizabeth Siegel

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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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Finding Shangri-La Nestled beneath the Topa Topa Mountains, Ojai’s oldest hotel reopens with two new restaurants—and two giant resident turtles, Abra and Cadabra

By Bronwen Carter

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It Ain’t Over Till It’s Oberg Emily Oberg, the founder of Sporty&Rich, inaugurates our new series and talks shop—her new L.A. flagship, to be exact

By Alessandra Codinha

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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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Books

Labor Pains

By Tom Scocca

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

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

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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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Strong Suits Who doesn’t love a man in uniform? An appreciation of men in suits has become social media’s happiest place

By Judith Newman

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After Hours

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

Fashion-Bro Fest

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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The Resistible Rise of Jen Rubio The co-founder of Away luggage is on the fast track to Bezosian ubiquity—but can she escape her baggage?

By Ashley Baker

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

By George Kalogerakis

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