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Second Wind

An Ode to the Humble Paperback From Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Bright Lights, Big City to A Little Life, books that were better the next time around

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The Look From Here

Baby Face Pricey serums and high-end night creams aren’t just for grown women anymore—meet the new consumers who are raiding the skin-care aisles

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Vincent Lo Brutto and Pablo Stahl With their Parisian gallery and its unconventional outpost at Basel’s private airport terminal, the French gallerist duo is moving beyond the bounds of traditional curation


Film Classics

The Seven-Year Hitch Director Billy Wilder wanted sex in Marilyn Monroe’s comedy about infidelity—but Hollywood’s prohibitive censorship rules wouldn’t allow it

Adventures in Journalism: Part II

The Man in the White Suit Is Back With his pyrotechnic prose and clinical dissecting of social mores, Tom Wolfe was the pre-eminent chronicler of the United States in the late 20th century. Now, five years after his death, he’s back in the public eye

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The Closer Look

Mel Robbins’s Good Life The best-selling author wants to re-invent you. Let her!

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Food With a Side of History

Saucy Beast In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where almost everything has changed, a 125-year-old Italian restaurant is hotter than ever. Welcome to Bamonte’s

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Authors and Villains

Liar Liar Generation plagiarism isn’t just for college students. World-renowned nonfiction writers, including New York Times best-selling author Dr. David B. Agus, are having their books recalled

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Warning Signs

The Little Paper That Knew A tiny local newspaper on Long Island’s North Shore was the first to warn us about George Santos. He still can’t forgive them for it

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School for Scandal

St. George’s and the Fire-Breather When Tucker Carlson offered to speak at his WASP-y alma mater, he was not greeted with open arms

Head Cases

Bless This Mess These days, the hottest hairstyles look like they were executed after too many martinis


Art

The Art of the Everyday Edward Hopper was born in 1882, but as a new documentary about the artist attests, his sensitive paintings of empty storefronts and dimly lit motels have lost none of their poignancy

Film

Amy Taubin’s “Carte Blanche” The golden-age Village Voice critic and actress recalls the days of Warhol’s Factory and SoHo before tourists, as her film program debuts at New York’s MoMA

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Elements of Style

The Morty the Merrier New York’s finest bespoke tailor didn’t just craft suits—he stitched together a whole community

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Kings of Comedy

Terminal Hilarity How three guys from the Milwaukee suburbs re-invented American comedy

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Travel

Japan’s Moment in the Sun From the thriving food scene to the vintage shopping to the manicured aesthetic—not to mention the weak yen—Japan is having a moment

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Street Signs

Metaphysical Graffiti For the last decade, Blake Kunin has photographed members of the city’s prolific tag crews at work. His pictures memorialize their conquests—and a city whose street-art scene lives on

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But First …

The View from Here As the Vietnam War raged, and the draft struck, young actors found themselves performing for their lives

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Megan Stalter From Hacks to Lena Dunham’s new TV show, the Ohio-born actress isn’t afraid to be sensitive, theatrical, and “way too loud”


Kiss and Makeup

You Don’t Know Bethenny The RHONY star and margarita mogul has emerged as an outspoken beauty savant—and everyone is listening

Publishing

Doctor Who? Meet the Boston brain doctor who lives a double life writing incredibly successful thrillers under the pen name Freida McFadden

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