The Tortured Bond of Alice Sebold and the Man Wrongfully Convicted of Her Rape
by Rachel Aviv
Anthony Broadwater spent sixteen years in prison and twenty-two more as a registered sex offender. For him and for the author of “The Lovely Bones,” justice is a difficult dream.
The Defiance of Salman Rushdie
by David Remnick
After a near-fatal stabbing—and decades of threats—the novelist speaks about writing as a death-defying act.
Emma Thompson’s Third Act
by John Lahr
The actress and screenwriter takes on a musical.
Wendell Berry’s Advice for a Cataclysmic Age
by Dorothy Wickenden
Sixty years after renouncing modernity, the writer is still contemplating a better way forward.
How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit
by Jonathan Blitzer
The musician’s political persecution pushed him into a career he was never sure he wanted.
Alison Roman Just Can’t Help Herself
by Lauren Collins
A food-world star’s method and mess.
Paul McCartney Doesn’t Really Want to Stop the Show
by David Remnick
Half a century after the Beatles broke up, he’s still correcting the record—and making new ones.
The Epic Style of Kerry James Marshall
by Calvin Tomkins
The artist, a virtuoso of landscape, portraiture, still-life, history painting, and other genres of the Western canon since the Renaissance, can do anything.
The Formidable Charm of Omar Sy
by Lauren Collins
How the star of “Lupin†pulled off his greatest confidence trick.
How El Anatsui Broke the Seal on Contemporary Art
by Julian Lucas
His runaway success began with castaway junk: a bag of bottle caps along the road. Now the Ghanaian sculptor is redefining Africa’s place in the global art scene.