‘Notes to John’ Is Heartbreaking, Strange, and Unlike Anything Else Joan Didion Wrote

It has a great first line; most Joan Didion books do: “Re not taking Zoloft, I said it made me feel for about an hour after taking it that I’d…

Barcelona Open: Carlos Alcaraz books place in final after straights-set win over Arthur Fils | Tennis News

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz booked his place in the Barcelona Open final after completing a straight-sets victory over France’s Arthur Fils in the semi-finals. The Spaniard beat 14th seed Fils 6-2…

With Her New Book, ‘Unfit Parent,’ Jessica Slice Upends Assumptions About Disability and Motherhood

With the rise of MomTok and mom-influencer chic, the cultural conversation around parenting has seemingly never been louder. Still, the voices of disabled parents—who number in the millions across the…

My Boyfriend’s Secret Girlfriend Was My Best Friend

We were all students of a small music program at a private college, which meant that I was the last person to know. I stepped offstage from a violin recital…

Cheat Sheets for ‘The Great Gatsby’s’ Centennial

One hundred years after F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby,” the novel’s influence hasn’t exactly dimmed. From illuminating the Empire State Building in green — as a wink at…

The Little-Known Story of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, Style Icon of the Counter Culture (and Psychedelic Pioneer)

She helped her husband craft his image through his style—sewing his clothing, dropping the Harvard tweeds of his professor days, adding unbuttoned linen shirts and flowers in his ear. She…