Writing and Writers

December 14, 2022

Fluent in the Language of Style

For over three decades, Judith Thurman has captured the often ineffable pull of fashion and beauty like few others. Judith Thurman notices everything. Meticulous observation has […]
December 8, 2022

My Practice: Retelling Rituals

As a reporter embedded on the Styles desk, I faced the challenging task of sharing the details of sacred rituals across the country — using only […]
August 25, 2022

Bright Lights, Big City, Niche Fame

At Lucien, the always crowded art-world-adjacent French restaurant in the East Village, there is a long table right next to the curb that did not exist […]
July 20, 2022

Tired of Waiting for Their Dream Workplace, These Writers Made Their Own

After years of being put through the wringer of New York City media, five journalists created Hell Gate, the blog-style news site run on their terms. […]
May 18, 2022

Eileen Myles Watches Over an Ever-Changing New York

Now guarding trees in Lower Manhattan, the poet and author of “Chelsea Girls” says: “Things that might have once been corny to me don’t feel corny […]
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 […]
April 1, 2022

Book Twitter Comes to Life

Literary luminaries including Marlon James, Leslie Jamison and Jennifer Egan attend gala for Poets & Writers. “Asking a writer how they did during the pandemic is […]
March 31, 2022

A Playwright Makes the Scene in New York’s Living Rooms

In the fall of 2020, a young playwright named Matthew Gasda decided to entertain some friends by staging a one-act drama on a grassy hilltop of […]
February 28, 2022

They Are Fans of ‘Euphoria,’ but Not of Its Creator, Sam Levinson

The season finale of “Euphoria” demonstrated once again that even its most impassioned fans have decidedly mixed feelings about its writer and director. When the finale […]
December 19, 2021

Eve Babitz, a Hedonist With a Notebook, Is Dead at 78

A child of Hollywood, she wrote of the sensuous pleasures of Los Angeles, and sampled them enthusiastically. Eve Babitz, the voluptuous bard of Los Angeles, who […]