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THE LAST RAVE

Remembering a summer of estrangement.

HOW THE WEST WAS LONG

“Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1.”

TWICE-TOLD TALES

The seditious writers who unravel their own stories.

CASTING A LINE

The hard-bitten genius of Norman Maclean.

THE HADAL ZONE

Arwen Rasmont waits hours at Keflavík International for his flight; they call it as he leaves the men’s room. He walks past the mirrored wall and is assaulted, as usual, by his dead father’s handsome image: high-arched nose, yellow hair.

OPENING THEORY

Ivan is standing on his own in the corner while the men from the chess club move the chairs and tables around.

ANTIHERO

“The Boys,” on Prime Video.

КАНО

I’ve dated all kinds of women in my life,” the man said, “but I have to say I’ve never seen one as ugly as you.”

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Taffy Brodesser-Akner weighs the cost of generational wealth.

THE DRUMMER BOY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

This story was written in the mid-nineteen-fifties, after E. L. Doctorow, then in his twenties, had completed his military service in Germany.

THE BLUE AND THE WHITE

The London imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions makes challenging literature chic.

TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR

Four years ago, when Ivan Cornejo was a junior in high school, he had a meeting with his family to announce that he was dropping out. His parents were alarmed, of course, but his older sister, Pamela, had a more sympathetic reaction, because she also happened to be his manager, and she knew that he wasn’t bluffing when he said that he had to focus on his career.

The Hidden Dutch Colonial

When Nicholas Howey and his late husband, Gerard Widdershoven, bought this 1925 house tucked away behind the hedges in Bridgehampton, they did little more than paint it-and fill it with art.

The Citi Bike Juice Crews

The docks don't charge e-bikes (yet). These folks do.

Faust Goes to Fidi

The producers of Sleep No More are back with the whirlwind immersive-theater project Life and Trust.

The Empty Seat

At Paris Couture Week, one question everyone's lips: Who will lead Chanel?

No Man's Land

Rachel Cusk's gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade.

LABOR not Leisure

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the country's first large-scale Mary Cassatt exhibition in 25 years

Spirit Energy

Addison Rowe Gallery presents a meticulously curated show that looks at, and beyond, the Transcendental Painting Group

Pop Icon

Small-scale works by Andy Warhol are featured in an exhibition currently on view at the Bruce Museum

Masters of the Genre

Important works from Western masters will be available at the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction in Nevada

The Evolving Landscape

The word \"landscape,\" which comes from the Dutch \"landschap,\" was first used in the context of a specific art genre in the early 17th century.

American Storyteller

An upcoming exhibition at the Speed Art Museum explores Winslow Homer's illustrative wood engravings

AMERICAN BARBIZON

In a charming village south of Paris, the elevation of landscape painting shaped a movement on the other side of the Atlantic.

THE ALLURE OF AN ERA

A New York City couple shares their private collection of WPA-era works and beyond

The Inside Game: Gabriel Debenedetti

Who Can Make Joe Go? Democrats stared into the debate abyss. Now they ask if he's a lost cause.

Jon Lovett

The podcast host doesn't seem particularly comfortable with being a public figure. So why did he go on Survivor?

Hush-Hush Affair Love and other negotiations in the time of the NDA.

THE NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT IS designed to live in the shadows. But earlier this year, I started to notice them everywhere.

The Next Shishito?

Jimmy Nardello peppers, long beloved by chefs, are set to break out.

The Shrimp Show

San Sabino makes maximalist seafood for the social-media age.