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The Myth of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Is Better Than the Band I Remember

I was always "too cool" for the Chili Peppers. But upon reading their superb memoirs, I'm now wondering if I missed out.

The Current Superman Is Bisexual, Says DC Comics

A new issue of the superhero comic finds Clark Kent and Lois Lane's son romantically involved with a male reporter

Was There a More Human Side to the Work of Slim Aarons?

A new book juxtaposes the photographer's saturated visions of American wealth with earlier, more modest tableaux

The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This October

Including Jonathan Franzen's latest and a look inside "Apocalypse Now"

Simping for Matt Lauer Is an Interesting Angle for Katie Couric’s New Memoir

Katie Couric is "going there," and by there she means straight to Matt Lauer's defense

The Best Movies, TV, Books and Music for October

Including the long-awaited prequel to “The Sopranos,” plus Dave Grohl’s life story

The Outlaw Logic and Wet Dream Mysticism of Matthew McConaughey

The latter-day renaissance man gets personal in his memoir "Greenlights," a love letter to living optimistically

Claudia Schiffer Turns Curator for '90s Fashion Photography Retrospective

The exhibition and accompanying book will include work from the supermodel's personal archive

Auction of Emily Dickinson's Hair Sparks Controversy

Including some debate over whether the hair is what it purports to be

We’re Living in the Golden Age of the Downtown NYC Memoir

New books from John Lurie and Marc Ribot are the latest entrants into a decorated canon

What Can a New Documentary Tell Us About Truman Capote?

A portrait of a writer many years in the making

An Unprecedented Look at the High-School Football Team That Inspired “Friday Night Lights”

In 1988, photographer Robert Clark went to Odessa, Texas, to document the life of a town and its beloved football team

Why News Reporters Write the Best Crime Novels

Seasoned newspaper writers like Carl Hiaasen and Laura Lippman understand something that can't be learned in an MFA program

Exploring the South Through the Lens of the Drive-By Truckers

Author Stephen Deusner's new book "Where the Devil Don't Stay" traces the band's history while meditating on Southern identity

The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This September

New novels from Whitehead and Knausgaard, a definitive investigation into the economic impact of COVID and more