Eighties Mania!
From the eruption of Mount Saint Helens to the rise of Madonna, Indira Gandhi’s assassination, and shoulder pads, two new books capture the bold, anarchic spirit of the decade
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss an homage to Siena’s artistic golden age, a new collection of Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels, and a charming exploration of why we gossip
The Book of Life
The stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s best-selling novel A Little Life heads to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for its New York premiere
A Study in Scarlett
Learn the source of Scarlett Johansson’s dirty mind, how she ended up marrying someone from the outer boroughs, and much more, in our new podcast, Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi
Publishing
Harper Lee, Lost and Found
Eight short stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author, discovered after her death in 2016, are being published for the first time
Rodney Everlasting
With the magic of Wes Anderson, the imagination of René Magritte, and the mystery of Alfred Hitchcock, Rodney Smith’s photographs—collected in a new coffee-table book—create a fantastical world untouched by time
Oui, Madame!
For the past 40 years, Le Bernardin’s Maguy Le Coze has been the most stylish presence on the food scene. As she celebrates her 80th birthday, she reveals the key components of her signature look
Michael Stuhlbarg
The Boardwalk Empire actor, who stars in Peter Morgan’s new Broadway play, Patriots, reveals his least favorite things
Open Book
“Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies,” Revisited
New York’s favorite, “100% overheard” comic strip, which ran from the mid-70s to the mid-90s in The Village Voice, is brought back to life in a new book