Daphne Merkin was a staff writer for The New Yorker and is currently a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and Elle. She is the author of a novel, Enchantment, and a collection of essays, Dreaming of Hitler.
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The Importance of Being Hannah
Daphne Merkin on a brilliant new film presenting Hannah Arendt in the midst of the Eichmann trial... MORE
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The Liz and Dick Show
Not even a mediocre film can erase the allure of the great romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard... MORE
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Mad for Each Other
The great celebrity romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is intimately captured in his... MORE
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The Yin and Yang of Marilyn
A new collection, Fragments, of the actress’ diaries reveals her dark, tortured soul, but there’s... MORE
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Are Jews Really Liberal?
In time for the High Holidays, Daphne Merkin examines the hot air rhetoric in Norman Podhoretz’s... MORE
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Sex Scandal for the History Books
Masters and Johnson wrote the book on sex, and now a definitive biography of the duo reveals... MORE
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Bright Nights, Shady City
Steve Gaines’ Fool’s Paradise delivers a full diet of South Beach lore and other Miami vices. MORE
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John Updike's Final Chapter
Whether he was writing about sex, golf, or life in a small town, the fecund mind who gave the world... MORE
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The Men on the Dais
An excerpt from Daphne Merkin’s novel, Enchantment. MORE
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The Brotherhood of Money
Men like Bernie Madoff understand wealth. They understand power.... MORE
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The Sexism Revival
The treatment of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin exposes a streak of misogyny that runs deep in... MORE
