JUST TRY IT
The late culinary explorer’s longtime collaborator Laurie Woolever talks about how she compiled a posthumous atlas of Bourdainian culinary enthusiasms.
Sarah Moroz is a Franco-American journalist based in Paris. She covers a variety of cultural topics, including art, photography, literature, and travel.
NO HERO
In “Khalil,” Yasmina Khadra explores the mind of a fanatic and the almost total absence of feeling at home anywhere in the world.
SELF-EXPRESSION
The HBO documentary, “Black Art: In the Absence of Light,” looks at the struggle of Black artists to have their work seen, and the multiplicity of identities present in their work.
CAST A COLD EYE
As proven in her latest collection, Didion is a peerless—and always self-aware—reporter, but she is also a seer, repeatedly foreseeing social trends years ahead of everyone else.
HAD ENOUGH
The young French writer Pauline Harmange proudly embraces misandry and makes a splash beyond the literary scene.
‘WE SEE YOU’
“In Plain Sight” features artists and activists skytyping powerful phrases above immigrant detention centers, former internment camps, borders, and incarceration facilities.
Body Image
In her new book, Marisa Meltzer tells the life story of Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch, alongside her own story of weight struggles: “My body is tragic, but also ordinary.”
Get High
Celebrities like J. Lo and Viola Davis love to wear Christian Louboutin’s shoes on the red carpet. Now a glittering exhibit in Paris shows the glamor and artistry behind the brand.
GRAPHIC STAR
Daniel Clowes, who created ‘Ghost World,’ is solitary by nature, but since what he calls ‘our horrible event,’ he’s ready to call any Trump enemy a friend.
Faux Love
While investigating how radical Islamists recruit gullible young people online, Anne Erelle began a whirlwind Internet seduction of a top-ranking terrorist.
