This July, Michael Dweck’s The End: Montauk, N.Y. will debut its expanded 10th Anniversary Art Edition Box Set, celebrating a decade since its instant success. Dweck—an acclaimed American photographer, filmmaker and visual artist—captured the true essence of Montauk through an idyllic and erotic surf narrative. Now, he’s returned to ... More

During his life, Robert Mapplethorpe was famous for his breathtaking photographs, which ran the gamut from floral still lifes to some very controversial shots depicting sadomasochistic themes. Now 17 years after Mapplethorpe’s death, he’s perhaps better known than ever thanks to his central role in cultural artifacts like Patti Smith’s ... More

While usually even the most beautiful flowers can only last a few days, Lewis Miller—the celebrated Manhattan event designer and high-end floral genius—has found a way to make some of his favorite arrangements last more than a decade: He started photographing them. In 2002, Miller teamed up ... More

There are any number of places for members of the international jet set to congregate along the French Riviera, but for nearly six decades one kidney-shaped swimming pool has been an unparalleled draw. Everyone from Gianni Agnelli to Elizabeth Taylor, Graham Greene, Mick Jagger and Princess Caroline ... More

ShelterBy Jung Yun  In this anticipated debut novel from Tin House alum Jung Yun, a young father finds himself once again sharing a home with his estranged parents. This troubling, moving work from Yun explores what it means to be part of a family, even if it’s nothing close to ... More

In the closing scene of Charles Bock’s 2008 debut novel Beautiful Children, we see an unkempt, tormented teenager scrabbling over desert sand dunes outside of Las Vegas in the dead of night, trying desperately to reverse an event that will sear itself onto his future identity, as he ... More

As an opera singer, Ganna Walska was probably best known for being a flop. During one memorable performance in Havana, the Polish-born beauty was reportedly pelted with rotting vegetables, and upon the occasion of her lead in a 1925 Puccini production in New York, the Times ... More