AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarExclusive: Rainbow Rowell Reveals Her Simon Snow Trilogy Plansverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Joanna RobinsonThe young adult author announced a surprise third installment, Any Way the Wind Blows, on Thursday—and she says she’ll never close the book on Simon and Baz. In 2013, Rainbow Rowell had a year most authors dream of. She published two novels, Eleanor & Park and Fangirl, which cemented her reputation as …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarRadhika Jones Introduces Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Listverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Radhika JonesThe editor in chief welcomes readers to V.F.’s annual New Establishment list, now in its 25th year, where power manifests in myriad forms. The Establishment can seem like a concept out of sync with our times. Those 20th-century titans of industry who amassed supremacy and sway based on tangible …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarBuilding a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fairverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Jessica Hopper with Sasha Geffen and Jenn PellyIn the mid-1990s, female musicians topped the charts and sold out shows, but were told over and over again that no one would pay to see more than one woman onstage. Sarah McLachlan set out to prove them wrong. In 1996, singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan was tipping from alternative icon into something …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarJudith Light Answers the Proust Questionnaireverified_publisherVanity FairThe actress, who'll next appear in Netflix's The Politician and Amazon's Transparent, on activism and sweets. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Having the opportunity to contribute and serve. What is your greatest fear? Fear. What historical figure do you most identify with? Anyone who has …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarDavid Chang Answers the Proust Questionnaireverified_publisherVanity FairThe Momofuku chef/founder and host of Netflix’s docuseries Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner chews on karma, patience, and dance lessons.’ What is your idea of perfect happiness? Good TV, good delivery, perfect AC. Literally doing nothing. What is your greatest fear? Figuratively doing nothing. Which …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarListening to Threads With Anni Albersverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Grace EdquistA prolific master weaver gets her due with a striking new show at David Zwirner. Anni Albers never wanted to be famous. To her, art was work. And her art—prolific in its range of textile design, works on paper, lectures, and writings created throughout the 20th century—was a product of methodical …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarRadhika Jones on Lupita Nyong’o, Our Best-Dressed List, and Women Running for Presidentverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Radhika JonesThe editor in chief of Vanity Fair introduces the October 2019 issue and the Best-Dressed List. It’s been just six years since Lupita Nyong’o appeared in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, and five and a half years since she won an Academy Award for her performance—her first role in a feature film. …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarRadhika Jones on the Perfect Shows and Stories for Summerverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Radhika JonesThe editor on her sit-down with the cast of Big Little Lies, and the new issue featuring Idris Elba. I remember when it was possible, at least in theory, to spend the summer catching up. Summer was the slow season, the sultry season, the season of reruns. It’s not like that anymore. The days stretch …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarRadhika Jones Reflects on the Star Wars Franchise and Coververified_publisherVanity Fair - By Radhika JonesThe Rise of Skywalker is expected to conclude the family saga, but the beginning marked the coming of age for many, and created another galaxy for those who were brave enough to enter. In 1997, I read an article in The New Yorker by John Seabrook called “Why Is the Force Still with Us?” It was a look …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarRadhika Jones Introduces Vanity Fair’s Full Digital Archiveverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Radhika JonesThe magazine’s editor in chief welcomes readers to the first fully searchable collection of its entire history, from its Jazz Age beginnings to its 1983 revival and on to the present day. Don’t let anyone tell you that time machines don’t exist. We call ours by another name: the Vanity Fair Archive. …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarRadhika Jones on Nicole Kidman, Ali Wong, and the Virtues of Motherhoodverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Radhika JonesJones recalls her own mother’s lasting impact, and discusses the ever-daring famous moms featured in the May issue of Vanity Fair. The two mothers prominently featured in this issue, Nicole Kidman and Ali Wong, have got me thinking about my own mother. May is the month for it, after all. The oldest …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarBeto O’Rourke and the Big Ambitions of Generation Xverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Radhika JonesThe late 20th century’s middle-child generation—stuck between two bigger demographic cohorts and too disaffected to care—might have finally upended its own slacker myth. It’s happened twice in the last few months. I’m scrolling through my Twitter feed to assess how bonkers the news is that …