Tariq Trotter, the Roots frontman and author of the new book “The Upcycled Self,” loves a period drama when it’s done right.
Category: Books and Literature
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London Bookstore Creates Special Reprint Library
Hatchards, in London, says its series brings attention to overlooked or formerly out-of-print novels.
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What’s the Best Gift You Ever Received? Here’s 6 Replies.
The responses include a trip through Canada, earrings and several books.
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This Holiday Season, The Best Gifts Cost Nothing at All
In a season of high spirits and spirited spending, experts say focusing on sentiment over receipts is more likely to bring holiday cheer.
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Book Review: ‘Living the Beatles Legend,’ by Kenneth Womack
A new biography resuscitates the colorful, tragic life of Mal Evans: roadie, confidant, procurer, cowbell player.
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Henry Diltz Won’t Stop Until He’s Partying on the Other Side
At 85, Henry Diltz is one of the last great rock photographers still living (and working). His new book is a document of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the ’60s and his own history.
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A Cozy Hudson Valley Bookshop With an Emphasis on Female Authors
Plus: handcrafted steamer trunks, a new Chinese restaurant in Lower Manhattan and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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Behind the Story: How a Writer Prepared for a 40,000-Mile Trip
The dozens of books that T writer Aatish Taseer read before his journey through Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq, and what he learned from each pilgrimage.
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Is Reading the Hottest Thing You Can Do as a Single Person?
Pop culture has conditioned us to believe that a meet-cute that doesn’t happen in a bookstore is hardly worth having. But is being an avid reader truly essential to romance?
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What the Suburbs Did for Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen
A new book by the author Jim Cullen explores the uncanny parallels between the careers of these two musicians, and how they were products of their time and place.