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Fact Is Fiction In an interview, Colson Whitehead discusses his new novel, Crook Manifesto, cancel culture, and why he avoids reading contemporary fiction

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Adventures in Journalism

Maeve Brennan’s New York The collected stories of a mid-20th-century Irish writer in Manhattan recall a bygone era of Truman Capote and 50-cent martinis

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The Clothes Maketh the ‘Gram Gate-crashing runway shows is hardly new, but once upon a time it was rare, memorable, and involved people who lived for fashion. Now it’s a social-media status symbol

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Art

Death Becomes Her Classic Hollywood movies have played a central, if ambiguous, role in the paintings of Cecily Brown

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Inside Story

The Lady Gangster of New York Vivian Gordon made a name for herself as the sexual extortionist of Jazz Age New York. Then she disappeared

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Storm Ascher The 30-year-old founder of Superposition Gallery wants to redefine the modern gallery with her nomadic approach

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The Oligarchs I

Olicards—Collect ‘Em All! Trading cards of all your favorite oligarchs, so you can tell who’s who, whose boat is whose, and who has the most to lose!

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The Oligarchs II

Olicards! More trading cards of all your favorite oligarchs, so you can tell who’s who, whose boat is whose, and who has the most to lose!

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The Perfect Ending

Kit Kemp The interior designer and creative force behind Firmdale Hotels answers 36 of life’s most pressing questions

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Style and Substance

The Push Pin Attitude How the scrappy, ingenious founders of New York City’s Push Pin Studios revolutionized 20th-century graphic design—and left a lasting mark on the culture

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Sarah Raffetto A fourth-generation Raffetto, of New York’s famed downtown pasta empire, talks honoring tradition—and departing from it

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Eight Questions

Call Him by His Name In an interview, André Aciman discusses the inspiration for Call Me by Your Name and his new memoir, about his own teenage years spent in Italy

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After Hours

The New York Eye Downtown New York gathered in Chinatown for the first major exhibition of the work of Daniel Arnold, which marries street photography and fine art

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Elements of Style

For All Your Death-Defying Needs Whether you were Amelia Earhart, Ernest Hemingway, or a very hungover Clark Gable, the original Abercrombie & Fitch was the perfect store for adventurers of all stripes

The Perfect Ending

Caroline Hirsch The founder of the New York Comedy Festival answers 52 of life’s most pressing questions

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