As Mother’s Day approaches, you might be thinking about brunch reservations or scouring the internet for a “World’s Best Mom” mug. Those are both classic ideas, but perhaps this year needs a little more imagination. Why not celebrate—and thank—your mother, stepmother, mother-in-law, grandmother, beloved aunt, or anyone you want with an outside-the-box present…
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Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, which traverses the life of Priscilla Presley and her complex relationship with Elvis Presley, has been contentious since the film was announced. This week, Variety reported that before her death this year, Elvis and Priscilla’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley sent Coppola emails expressing her disapproval of the way her father is portrayed in the mo…
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A good nonfiction book doesn’t just tell you something new about the world, it pulls you out of your place in it and dares you to reconsider what you thought you knew, maybe even who you are. The best nonfiction books that arrived this year vary in scope—some are highly specific, some broad and searching—but they all ask giant questions about loss, strength, and survival. In The Escape…
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The most exciting new books coming in February are easy to love and hard to put down. In Get The Picture, journalist Bianca Bosker shows why art is worth obsessing over. Shayla Lawson sets out to decolonize her life in her globe-trotting memoir How to Live Free in a Dangerous World. Notable authors like Sloane Crosley, Tommy Orange, and Leslie Jamison return with releases that…
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