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The Queer Book Shops Opening Across the Country

Plus: a stylist’s new fragrance line, a sophisticated stationery box and more recommendations from T Magazine.

By Sarah Durn

Bennington (Vt) Books and Literature Little Italy (Manhattan, NY) Parties (Social) Waiters and Waitresses Writing and Writers

Cafe Gitane, a Vanguard of Cool, Back on the Scene Again

David Bowie loved its couscous. Norman Reedus hung out there. It put avocado toast on the map. Thirty years later, and with a new book honoring it, Cafe Gitane is drawing a fresh crowd.

By Alex Vadukul

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Book Review: ‘Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words,’ by Michael Owen

In “Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words,” Michael Owen offers a sympathetic portrait of the lyricist, overshadowed in a life that had him tending the legacy of his younger sibling George.

By Alexandra Jacobs

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‘The Interview’: Rick Steves Refuses to Get Cynical About the World

The guidebook writer and television personality reflects on his cancer diagnosis, social media’s corrosive effect on tourism and the transformative power of travel.

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro