The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
What do Kim Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Jill Biden and many others have in common? They’ve all opened up to Jonathan Van Meter, who sees his job as “celebrating” his subjects.
Category: Books and Literature
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Crusading to Restore the Reputation of His Favorite Filmmaker
The New York Times – Film:
Sam Wasson venerates Frank Capra, who directed a clutch of Hollywood classics. His new biography aims to challenge an earlier, unflattering portrait.
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How Patricia Highsmith Came to Star in a Ripley-esque Movie
The New York Times – Film:
“A Talent for Murder” turns the novelist into a suspicious character in a psychological thriller. The author’s caustic personality makes the leap plausible.
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No Sleep Till the End of ‘The Bell Jar’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Spending seven hours and 51 minutes at the second annual marathon reading of Sylvia Plath’s novel in Manhattan.
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Jim Knipfel, Blind, Dyspeptic Memoirist, Dies at 61
The New York Times – Film:
His Slackjaw column drew on his life, which included going blind and being locked up in a psychiatric ward. Two of his books were praised by Thomas Pynchon.
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The RealReal Offers a New Guide on the Endless Quest for Personal Style
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A new book from the RealReal, the secondhand designer retailer, has ideas for how to develop taste that is your own.
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What Can We See in All the Recent Art About AIDS?
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Nearly five decades after the disease first appeared, many filmmakers, writers and others are finding new meaning in catastrophe.