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  1. encounter
    The Brooklyn Power Throuple Making Space for a BabyLiterary couple Daniel and Grace Lavery and their partner, Lily Woodruff, are all living and working full time in their Brooklyn apartment.
    By Choire Sicha
  2. dream date
    Nicholas Galitzine Is Not Your Average HeartthrobThe actor can play himbo, Prince Charming, and Gen-Z queer icon — sometimes all at once. Now, he’s coming for moms.
    By Lauren Bans
  3. profile
    The TroubadourHow Alynda Segarra, a former train-hopping punk from the Bronx, became one of America’s best songwriters.
    By Jenn Pelly
  4. the action edition
    Picking His FightsThe twists and turns of Jake Gyllenhaal’s unlikely, unsettling action career have brought him to Road House.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  5. encounter
    The Mr. Rogers of Columbus, OhioThe poet Hanif Abdurraqib is as idiosyncratic as his unclassifiable new book.
    By Giri Nathan
  6. profile
    Tierra Whack Takes Her Mask OffKnown for her clever lyrics and eccentric music videos, the rapper gets surprisingly vulnerable on her debut album.
    By Lawrence Burney
  7. profile
    Adelle Waldman Takes the Early ShiftWhy an author best known for skewering Brooklyn literati wrote a novel about working at a big-box store.
    By Emily Gould
  8. encounter
    Christopher Wool’s Punk-Rock Art Show in a Fidi TowerThe blue-chip artist is over museums, galleries — and pretty much everything else.
    By Rachel Corbett
  9. books
    Lucy Sante: Here She Comes NowThe author of ‘Low Life’ and ‘Kill All Your Darlings’ tried to keep a safe distance from herself — and her own desires. Until, at 66, she broke free.
    By Carl Swanson
  10. profile
    Put Maya Erskine in EverythingPEN15 introduced her as a gonzo comedic talent. Mr. & Mrs. Smith makes a convincing case for her as a rom-com lead.
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. encounter
    Cecile Richards Is Living With Brain CancerThe former president of Planned Parenthood is still fighting for abortion access — even while living with brain cancer.
    By Irin Carmon
  12. cut covers
    No One Sounds Like TemsThe Nigerian singer-songwriter mesmerized music’s biggest names with a handful of songs. That was just the beginning.
    By Connor Garel
  13. fall preview 2023
    All Eyes on Lily GladstoneThe actress is the unflinching face of an American tragedy in Martin Scorsese’s historical epic, Killers of the Flower Moon.
    By Alison Willmore
  14. encounter
    Rachel Bloom Is Reliving the Pandemic on Stage Every NightShe swears it’s good for you.
    By Emily Gould
  15. encounter
    Israel-Palestine Scholar Norman Finkelstein’s Long CrusadeA cantankerous Israel critic takes a rare turn in the limelight.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  16. encounter
    Paige Lorenze Is Selling Life in the Suburbs“If this is fake country, I want to be fake country forever,” says the influencer.
    By Emily Sundberg
  17. the essay
    Billy Porter Is Ready to Speak on ItHe spent decades dazzling in performances before he could be himself in public. He’s making up for lost time.
    By Mikelle Street
  18. encounter
    In Lexi Freiman’s Books, It’s So Easy to Be WrongHer novel The Book of Ayn is about a newly canceled person in a toxic relationship with her ego.
    By Emma Alpern
  19. profile
    Fabian Basabe Will Not Be CanceledThe party boy turned Miami GOP politico fights off sexual-harassment claims by male staffers and plots his future. (His wife stands by him.)
    By Ben Widdicombe
  20. profile
    Tim’s TimeAfter decades of playing comedy’s finest douchebags and boneheads, what happens when Tim Heidecker starts acting like himself?
    By Rebecca Alter
  21. profile
    Gerry Turner’s Rose Is TimelessAmerica’s new favorite hunk is a 72-year-old widower. He may be the best thing ever to happen to The Bachelor franchise.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  22. encounter
    The Olympian Fighting for Her Right to RunIn her memoir, Caster Semenya details how she has coped with being banned since 2019 from the sport she loves.
    By Precious Adesina
  23. profile
    Comedy’s Scrappiest All-StarsMark Phillips and his group RDCWorld have built a DIY content empire. Everyone — from NBA icons to Hollywood producers — is taking notice.
    By Hershal Pandya
  24. fall preview 2023
    Sampha’s Circle of LifeHis first album tackled loss and made him a star. On his follow-up, Lahai, he writes from a happier place: fatherhood.
    By Craig Jenkins
  25. profile
    Park Slope Parents Is Old Enough to Order a DrinkSusan Fox wanted to build a community. She never expected to birth an archetype.
    By Emily Gould
  26. art
    Rirkrit Tiravanija Would Prefer Not ToHis new retrospective at MoMA PS1 celebrates avoiding making art.
    By Carl Swanson
  27. encounter
    Braiding Her Way Onto BroadwayNana Mensah brings a determined hairdresser to life in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.
    By Morgan Jerkins
  28. power
    Dianne Feinstein, the InstitutionalistShe fought for gun control, civil rights, and abortion access for half a century. Where did it all go wrong?
    By Rebecca Traister
  29. books
    Dory Fantasmagory Is Some of the Best Children’s Literature in YearsIn the six-book series, author Abby Hanlon embraces the messier parts of childhood and raising children.
    By Genevieve Smith
  30. encounter
    Eater. Resy. Blackbird?Ben Leventhal transformed restaurants twice. His newest project is all about loyalty.
    By Adam Platt
  31. profile
    Cardi B Was Made to Be This FamousOnly in 2017 could this particular strip-club, reality-television, rap-fame fairy tale have come true. And maybe only for Cardi B.
    By Allison P. Davis
  32. encounter
    Outdoor Voices Founder Ty Haney Has Moved On. Mostly.Three years after her dramatic exit as CEO, she still has some things she’d like to say.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  33. profile
    Kimora Lee Simmons Wants the Revived Baby Phat to Be As Big As ChanelThe onetime model-mogul is relaunching the early-aughts brand that helped turn streetwear into a movement.
    By Allison P. Davis
  34. celebrity
    The Making and Marketing of a 9-Year-Old Meme MachineThe legend of Lil Tay, the foul-mouthed preteen who swept Instagram.
    By Lauren Levy
  35. encounter
    J. B. Pritzker Is a New Democratic Power BrokerThe governor of Illinois is rich and powerful, making him both an ally to Joe Biden and his own center of influence.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  36. profile
    Two Software Engineers Open NYC’s Most Daring New Restaurant“People keep asking what type of cuisine this is.”
    By Chris Crowley
  37. profile
    Kit Connor Wasn’t ReadyThe star of Netflix’s teen rom-com Heartstopper was forced to come out by the show’s fans. He’s not letting them get to him anymore.
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. profile
    Watching the RewatcherWhen the YouTuber behind Mike’s Mic recaps TV, the results are often better than the shows themselves.
    By Brad Esposito
  39. profile
    ‘I Don’t Have Space to Be Tired of It’Lola Brooke had to be a master multitasker to break into rap. Now she’s the new livest one from Bedford-Stuyvesant.
    By Tirhakah Love
  40. style
    Welcome to BodeworldHow big can a “farm to table” downtown menswear brand inspired by Grandma’s tablecloths and old quilts get and still be cool?
    By Brock Colyar
  41. profile
    Hand Ashley Park the KeysThe actress took Broadway, then Paris. Now, she heads to Beijing for Joy Ride, this summer’s raunchiest R-rated buddy comedy.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  42. profile
    Hey, It’s Sara RamírezThey’ve heard your Che Diaz jokes.
    By Brock Colyar
  43. profile
    The Way Devery Jacobs Tells ItShe may play an impulsive teen on Reservation Dogs, but the actress, writer, and director understands the value of control.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  44. profile
    Drew Barrymore Is Figuring It Out LiveHer radically intimate daytime show is as much therapy for her as it is for her guests.
    By E. Alex Jung
  45. profile
    Celine Song Is the One That Got AwayIn the director’s semi-autobiographical debut feature, Past Lives, there are two love interests and no easy choices.
    By Mallika Rao
  46. talking to
    Atomix Made Them Stars. Where Do They Go From Here?JP and Ellia Park are starting to think beyond restaurants.
    By Elyse Inamine
  47. encounter
    Minka Kelly Lets GoFor years, the actress lived under the weight of her chaotic upbringing. Now, with a new memoir, it’s time for release.
    By Monica Corcoran Harel
  48. profile
    Jorie Graham’s Late WorkHow the poet — living with cancer, reeling from her mother’s death, and isolated on an island — wrote one of the finest books of her long career.
    By Kerry Howley
  49. profile
    Roy Wood Jr. Doesn’t Know EitherThe Daily Show veteran’s career has brought him to this moment. If only there were the perfect job opening.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  50. profile
    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Is Asking the Hard QuestionsAfter his first book was a hit, he decided to use his follow-up to tackle the most pressing issue he could think of: the US prison system.
    By Mallika Rao
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