Books and Literature

June 20, 2022

‘Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age’ Features Drag Elders

“Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age,” a book out this month, spotlights drag elders. The idea came to Harry James Hanson and Devin Antheus […]
June 9, 2022

Logan Ury Says You’re Dating All Wrong

From her Oakland commune, a dating coach has made a big business out of her data-driven approach to modern romance. OAKLAND, Calif. — In the backyard […]
April 27, 2022

Where to Find Comfort in a World of Invasive Headlines?

In times of turmoil and loss, treasured nature books can offer solace and guidance. Here are a few favorites. I am tired. Most days, it is […]
April 27, 2022

Where to Find Comfort in a World of Invasive Headlines?

In times of turmoil and loss, treasured nature books can offer solace and guidance. Here are a few favorites. I am tired. Most days, it is […]
April 22, 2022

Randy Rainbow on His Memoir of Love, Turmoil and Trump

When your name — your actual name — is Randy Rainbow, your career choices are limited. Bank president? Mafia don? Nope. Neurosurgeon? Probably not. If Tom […]
April 18, 2022

Searching for the Notorious Celebrity Book Stylist

YIGIT TURHAN, THE Milan-based director of branding and entertainment relations at Valentino, was in Los Angeles last year when he first heard about the infamous book […]
March 3, 2022

He Banned the Yahoos and Kept the Social X-Rays Fed

At Mortimer’s, Glenn Bernbaum reigned over social New York for decades. A new book evokes an era of pouf skirts, society walkers and ladies who lunched. […]
March 3, 2022

He Banned the Yahoos and Kept the Social X-Rays Fed

At Mortimer’s, Glenn Bernbaum reigned over social New York for decades. A new book evokes an era of pouf skirts, society walkers and ladies who lunched. […]
February 10, 2022

Hollywood’s First Family of Putting It Out There

On the first page of Will Smith’s recent memoir “Will,” the global superstar recounts a gruesome story of watching his father strike his mother in the […]
December 29, 2021

A Story of Love and Obsession

The Harlem house had been empty for eight years when in 2010 James Fenton, the British poet, and Darryl Pinckney, the African American cultural critic and […]