Sex, Lies, and Hemingway
Jack Huston and Mena Suvari star in Hemingway's Garden of Eden. On a late night last week, I slipped out of the Paris Review offices, and into a more glamorous setting across the street. On lower level...
View ArticleAndrew O’Hagan on Maf the Dog
The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe is Andrew O’Hagan’s fourth novel. It details the star’s final years in New York and L.A. as seen through the eyes of her...
View ArticleNancy Drew in Starlight
Who is Nancy Drew, really? The instability of the girl detective.An illustration from The Mystery at Lilac Inn.The writer Bobbie Ann Mason once described the Nancy Drew novels as sonnets, or “endless...
View ArticleNancy Drew in Starlight
We’re away until January 4, but we’re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2015. Please enjoy, and have a happy New Year!An illustration from The Mystery at Lilac Inn.Who is Nancy Drew, really?...
View ArticleSex, Lies, and Hemingway
Jack Huston and Mena Suvari star in Hemingway's Garden of Eden. On a late night last week, I slipped out of the Paris Review offices, and into a more glamorous setting across the street. On lower level...
View ArticleAndrew O’Hagan on Maf the Dog
The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe is Andrew O’Hagan’s fourth novel. It details the star’s final years in New York and L.A. as seen through the eyes of her...
View ArticleNancy Drew in Starlight
Who is Nancy Drew, really? The instability of the girl detective. An illustration from The Mystery at Lilac Inn. The writer Bobbie Ann Mason once described the Nancy Drew novels as sonnets, or “endless...
View ArticleNancy Drew in Starlight
We’re away until January 4, but we’re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2015. Please enjoy, and have a happy New Year! An illustration from The Mystery at Lilac Inn. Who is Nancy Drew,...
View ArticleMarilyn the Poet
Monroe in Don’t Bother to Knock (1952), from the July 1953 issue of Modern Screen. “It’s good they told me what / the moon was when I was a child,” reads a line from a poem by Marilyn Monroe. “It’s...
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