Terrible Beauty
The Aran Islands guarding the mouth of Galway Bay may be small, but they possess an uncanny power to enchant visitors.
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A LEGEND
The singer, songwriter and rock ‘n’ roll wild man died at his home near Memphis.
HORNY TOAD
In two very different books, Hilton Als and Nick Hornby tackle pop music’s most protean sexual avatar.
HARVEY’S HELPERS
In “Hollywood Ending,” New Yorker reporter Ken Auletta meticulously chronicles the rise and ignominious fall of Harvey Weinstein, and the culture that enabled him.
POETIC PEREGRINATIONS
It’s certainly the most famously walkable, thanks to James Joyce, and among the most hospitable.
R.I.P.
Before Liotta impressed people in “Goodfellas,” he upended Jonathan Demme’s screwball comedy “Something Wild” and scared the living hell out of everyone who saw it.
EXCELLENCE SINCE 1228
The castle itself is approaching its millennial birthday, but while its life as a hotel only goes back for most of a century, its skill with hospitality is absolutely timeless.
STATELY, PLUMP
The granddaddy of “dirty” books turns 100 today.
PRODIGY
“Maybe it’s not a very grand ambition, but it keeps me writing from a place of love.”
TOO SOON?
Louise Erdrich, Jodi Picoult, and Gary Shteyngart already have novels in the stores, and Roddy Doyle has a COVID-themed story collection coming soon.
