In an eye-opening collection, Emily Mester considers why she, and we, seek satisfaction by obsessively choosing, buying and rating the objects we desire.
Category: Books and Literature
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Mike Shatzkin, Colorful Publishing Industry Guru, Dies at 77
His blog, The Shatzkin Files, was an essential read for industry insiders. His observations about the changes digital publishing would bring were prophetic.
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Harold W. Sims Jr., Whose Museum Honored the House Cat, Dies at 89
He displayed some 10,000 cat-themed artifacts at the American Museum of the House Cat in North Carolina, which welcomed several thousand people a year.
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In Her New Book, Maira Kalman Reckons with Remorse and Joy
In a collection of mini essays, poems and painted vignettes, the artist and writer reckons with remorse and joy.
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‘Modern Love Podcast’: Thanksgiving With My Wife and Girlfriend
Townsend Davis and his wife Brigid were happily married for more than a decade when an unexpected diagnosis disrupted everything.
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What Were Your Favorite Movies, TV, Music and Books in 2024?
We want to know what stuck with you this year. What were the best things you watched, read and heard?
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Jesse Ed Davis Was Rock Heroes’ Secret Weapon. And a Mystery.
The Native American guitarist graced records by Bob Dylan and John Lennon, but fell to addiction in 1988. A new book and exhibit are telling his story.
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Book Review: ‘Cher: The Memoir,’ by Cher
The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and the brazen path to stardom, with and without Sonny.
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Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses
After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.
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Cher Can, and Does, Turn Back Time
In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood, her fraught marriage to Sonny Bono and how she found her voice.
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The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years
Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat.