CATEGORIES
Jorie Graham – Late Work
How poet Jorie Graham -living with cancer, reeling from her mother's death, and isolated on an islandwrote one of the finest books of her long career.
A Bunch of New Bananas
In pudding, pastry, and cookie form.
A Shonda Story
Rhimes made Bridgerton a TV phenomenon but hadn't written its world. Queen Charlotte is all hers.
Alec & Hilaria Against the World
A year and a half after the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin is back on set to finish Rust. Throughout the şaga, his marriage has taken on a starring role.
A Modern Stone Age Fantasy
The American Museum of Natural History gets a swoopy-gritty addition.
The Evidence Is In
Jodie Comer proves she can stalk a stage with the best of them.
Son of a Gunn
The Marvel-ous endgame for the new DC boss.
Roy Wood Jr. Doesn't Know Either
The Daily Show veteran’s career has brought him to this moment. If only there were the perfect job opening.
The Superfan Who's Eaten Every Cronut
The original viral pastry is ten. Dominique Ansel's doughnut-croissant hybrid debuted on May 10, 2013, and the chef has released a new flavor, never repeated, each month since. Joey Lim, a 39-year-old IT specialist, has been there to try them all.
West of Flushing
A different kind of Chinatown has emerged in Long Island City.
INDOCTRINATION NATION
CONVINCED THAT TEACHERS ARE BRAINWASHING CHILDREN TO BE LEFT-WING IDEALOGIES, CONSERVATIVES ARE QUICKLY GRABBING CONTROL OF THE AMERICAN CLASSROOM.
The Body Politic: Rebecca Traister
What If E. Jean Carroll Doesn’t Win? The rise and fall and rise of the Me Too movement.
The Group Portrait: 'SNL' Goes on Strike
The issue is serious. The mood is festive.
The City: Errol Louis
Jordan Neely Was Already Dead - New York reckons with a homeless epidemic and a killing.
When She Was "It" – The 90s
You could find the "It" girls... dancing at the Roxy and the Tunnel, sliding down the slide at Club USA, trying to get into Bungalow 8 and Spy Bar and Moomba to see Lea and Puffy, complaining about the cabaret laws, brunching al Coffee Shop, hanging out in the Hamptons at Conscience Paint Inn, getting their frozen yogurt from Tasti D-Lite, working out at David Barton, reading the New York Observer and paging through Manhattan File, hanging out with the skaters in Washington Square Park and at Max Fish, buying their baby tees at Liquid Sky, using their parents' credit cards at Scoop and Calypso St. Barth.
91 Minutes With ...The Justins
Two Tennessee lawmakers are demonstrating a new way to do opposition politics in red-state America.
When She Was "It" – The 80s
You could find the "It" girls .... Dancing with Madonna at Dancelaria before she got big, then sitting at the next table over from her at the Odeon a couple of years later, going to AREA and the Palladium and, before it went all bridge-and-tunnel, Limelight (but not the briefly rebarn Studio 54); working out at the Vertical Club, hanging out at Elaine's and Indochine; shopping at Charivari and the Antique Boutique; staying up with cocaine and coming down with Quaaludes, (barely) eating macrobiotically; ordering Absolut on the rocks; reading about themselves in Michael Musto's column and Stephen Saban's and Liz Smith's after they turn up at the same East Village parties as Basquiat, Keith Haring, and (still) Andy Warhol.
When She Was "It" – The 70s
You could find the "It" girls... visiting Halston at his salon in Olympic Tower and his house on East 63rd Street, shopping at the Biba counter at Bloomingdale's and the Courrèges store on 57th, after hours at Maxwell's Plum and Max's Kansas City or coupled up on Fire Island or at a New York Dolls show at the Marcer Arts Center, dancing at Studio 54 (ar Xanan, if it was just too hard to get in that night), getting one of the dozen burgers served every night at Raoul's, having lunch with their mothers at La Côte Basque or La Grenouille, where they discussed Fear of Flying.
When She Was "It" – The 60s
You could find the "It" girls... at the Peppermint Lounge as teenagers before they moved on to the Scene a couple of years later, shopping for minidresses at Paraphernalia and Betsey Bunky Nini, getting up with Obetral and down with Valium, rooming at the Barbizon Hotel, popping in to see Andy Warhol at the Factory on 47th Street, pearing at the vintage racks of Limbo, buying their makeup at Cambridge Chemists, attending Be-Ins in Central Park, slopping for a 2 a.m. omelet or shrimp-and-lobster salad at the Brasserie on Park Avenue.
The 00s to now
You could find the \"It\" girls... smoking illicitly inside the Beatrice Inn with the Olsens (and now doing ketamine at Paul's Cocktail Lounge); dancing to the Smiths at Sway; watching a basketball game with Jay-Z at 40/40 Club; brunching al Prune; nibbling on fries at Pastis; renting out Lucien for their birthdays; posing against the white brick wall at Misshapes; checking style.com, purple.fr, and lastnightsparty.com first thing the next morning; making out with a Stroke at Black and White; walking in a Heathereffe show; ending up in a Ryan McGinley photo; on theme at Allison Sarofim's Halloween party; at the Odeon (again) for Chanel dinner; rushing in their Manolos lo a Cinema Society screening.
When She Was "It"
In April, this magazine celebrates its anniversary (it’s our 55th) with a “Yesteryear” issue. This year’s looks back at a particular New York phenomenon, the “It” girl: who anointed them, what it was like to be them, and where they are now.
The Inside Game: Gabriel Debenedetti
Gavin newsom isn’t supposed to be doing this the Feinstein dilemma looms over the wannabe face of Democrats.
The Group Portrait: Playing and Praying Together
The de la Mottes are big on TikTok. But can they make the rent?
Dynasties
Settling for Less What Succession gets wrong about Rupert Murdoch.
What Lies Beneath Shinkai's Skies
What Lies Beneath Shinkai’s Skies An openhearted romantic adventure about inheriting a broken world.
Camelot Is a Lot
Aaron Sorkin just can’t leave anything up to the audience’s imagination.
Parent Trap
John Mulaney is baby. Or daddy? That’s the conversation his new special has with itself.
'Hamlet Is Mine, Too'
James Ijames’s Fat Ham doesn’t just break the fourth wall— it bulldozes it.
It's Tubi's Time
How streaming’s weirdest player won the internet.
Now That He Has Your Attention...
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopic first book was a surprise hit. He’s using his second to ask harder questions.