Jennifer Wright on Mamie Fish, TikTok Tradwives and the Return of Gilded Excess Wright draws a tidy line from Newport's grand soirees to the high gloss of today’s influencer culture, where attention still functions as currency. By Jasmine Lobe
Screening at TIFF: Agnieszka Holland’s ‘Franz’ Holland all but stops short of invoking mass-produced Che Guevara t-shirts to make her point about the vulturous ways Kafka’s work and life have been canonized. By Siddhant Adlakha
Yale Center for British Art Illuminates William Blake’s Imagination in ‘Burning Bright’ The exhibition showcases the poet-artist’s inventive approaches and the vivid creativity that set him apart. By Hudson Warm
With Austenian Wit and Charm, the Morgan Library Brings the Iconic Novelist to Life in ‘A Lively Mind’ By Hudson Warm
How Alessandro Giardino Found His First Novel in Caravaggio’s ‘The Seven Acts of Mercy’ By Dian Parker
Sci-Fi Author Ursula Le Guin’s Portland Home Is Becoming a Writers Residency By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Authors Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel on Melville, Marriage and Co-Writing ‘Dayswork’ By Scarlett Harris
A Doppelgänger Personifies Broadly Painted Possibilities in Deborah Levy’s August Blue By Noah Berlatsky