From one poet to another: In his new memoir, Mark Doty explores the lasting effect Walt Whitman has had on his life and work, wondering at this “extraordinary flowering that seemed to appear out of nowhere.”
Books
The Servant’s Revenge Class warfare in the Hamptons gets personal, and dark, in Jason Allen’s debut novel, “The East End,” now out in convenient paperback for your reading pleasure.
Life in the Plague YearsPaul Lisicky’s new memoir, “Later,” is at once a beautifully crafted description of the rhythms of life in a resort community and a story of surviving the height of the AIDS epidemic.
The Escape ArtistJust what exactly is the legacy of Harry Houdini, this remarkable magician, escape artist, movie star, aviator, author, and investigator of the paranormal?
Stars and Stripes DecodedA deep dive into the classicism, Christianity, myths, and European heraldry behind Old Glory.
The Power of ObjectsThe poet and professor Kimiko Hahn wonders in her new volume what sort of error it is to depend on stuff, as hoarder or as collector. Is it a societal problem of overconsumption? Or is it simply a behavior observable by a scientist?
Crazy, Like a Fox?And this week in part two of the mother of all Trump book reviews? The reality TV star gets political.
Crazy, Like a Fox?Donald Trump's unlikely, but far from accidental, path to the presidency, as told by those who were there.
The Great DivideCristina Alger’s latest crime novel imagines an East End answer to Jeffrey Epstein and two underage Latina murder victims as it explores class inequities in the realms of law enforcement and justice.
Jewels From ‘Jools’Surprisingly often it is life that imitates art in “Home Work,” Julie Andrews’s revealing memoir of her Hollywood years.