Category: Books and Literature

Playful Tables Topped With Tiles

Plus: a tranquil new hotel in Ojai, a design gallery in a Florentine palazzo and more recommendations from T Magazine.
Forget Therapy. Do Men Need Book Clubs?

Men are leaving fiction reading behind. Some people want to change that.
A Gatsby Boat Tour Explores F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Long Island

A hundred years after F. Scott Fitzgerald published his classic novel, a trip around Manhasset Bay shows how little has changed.
What Katie Sturino Wants You to Know About Her Body (and Yours, Too)

The influencer is still pushing brands to make bigger sizes and is publishing a new novel with a plus-size heroine. She is also losing weight, but that doesn’t mean she’s not “body neutral” anymore.
Vicki Goldberg Dies at 88; Saw Photography Through a Literary Lens

An influential photography critic, she wrote essays, newspaper columns and books, including a notable biography of the photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White.
Supreme Court Justices Disclose International Travel and Book Deals

Annual financial disclosures revealed some of the perks of being on the Supreme Court, including international teaching and book sales.
Norma Swenson, ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ Co-Author, Dies at 93

She was a proponent of natural childbirth when she joined the group that produced the candid guide to women’s health. It became a cultural touchstone and a global best seller.
La Dolce Vita, the Valentino Way

Archival photographs, fashion layouts and anecdotes from celebrity clients: A new book is devoted to all things Valentino.
New Queer Nonfiction to Read This Pride Month

Plus: a cliff-top hotel in Brittany, dynamic sculptures at New York’s Japan Society and more recommendations from T Magazine.
6 Hidden Shops in New York Worth Visiting

Hand-forged armor. Prehistoric bones. Music that’s never been digitized. This isn’t retail — it’s an invitation-only obsession.
Barbara Holdridge, Whose Record Label Foretold Audiobooks, Dies at 95

Beginning with a reading by Dylan Thomas, she and a friend found unlikely commercial success in the 1950s with recordings of famous writers reciting their work.
Book Review: ‘Waiting for Britney Spears: A True Story, Allegedly,’ by Jeff Weiss

In a scrappy new memoir, Jeff Weiss blurs fact and fancy as he recounts his stint as a bit player in the celebrity-industrial complex.