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Whole NEW WORLD • As a brassy sex worker in Sean Baker’s new film, MIKEY MADISON leaves her comfort zone—backward and in heels, no less

The High LIFE • Domesticity icon and CBD magnate MARTHA STEWART elevates the everyday with Parisian pajamas and her new puppy

Portrait of A WOMAN • Known for her intensely visceral, often autobiographical works, British artist TRACEY EMIN gets the Phaidon treatment in a new study of her paintings and practice. The monograph puts a career without apology on display

Chic, PLEASE • Armani/Ristorante presents a new way to savor the timeless appeal of a legendary name

Six Pack • Inspired detective stories, family drama, and more new novels

Word PLAY • In an intimate essay collection, JENNY SLATE expresses the weird and the wonderful

Time Is RIPE • Renowned for more than a century as a stylish stalwart, Cartier’s Tank watch is sizing down. Originally released in 1917, the Tank embodies Louis Cartier’s pursuit of clean, geometric, and simple forms in his jewelry and watches. This version of the timepiece—which has been frequently reimagined over the years—calls to mind various vintage iterations. And, like all canonic designs, it strikes a balance between telling the time and capturing it.

Tough LOVE • JESSE EISENBERG goes deep on his wry, resonant screenplay

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Bright Lights, BIG CITIES • Whether in London or Santa Monica, now’s the time to up the style ante

The Kamala BUMP • Donald Trump notoriously gave media outlets a boost with audiences and traffic. Now Kamala Harris is doing it—but better

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES • CYNTHIA ERIVO AND ARIANA GRANDE ARE EPICALLY TALENTED—AND UTTERLY DIFFERENT—STARS, BUT THEIR OFF-SCREEN BOND GIVES WICKED ITS BEATING HEART. THEY OPEN UP ABOUT DEFYING GRAVITY—AND EXPECTATIONS

THE LOST CAUSE • When a school board in South Carolina erupted over efforts to ban his book Between the World and Me, TA-NEHISI COATES went to listen in on the fight. Here, an excerpt from The Message

La Belle Époque • To mark artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière’s first decade at Louis Vuitton, VF explores the house archive, with a little help from the Haim sisters

Empire Empire State State of of Mind Mind • Can Steve Bannon and his army of malcontents succeed at upsetting the American-led global order?

IN PLAIN SIGHT • AMATEUR ART SLEUTH CLIFFORD SCHORER III HAS HELPED FIND LOST WORKS BY DÜRER, REMBRANDT, AND RUBENS. NOW HE’S EMBARKED ON HIS GREATEST DISCOVERY YET, CRACKING A 43-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE

THE VICIOUS CIRCLE • YOUNG NEOFASCISTS ARE AT AN INFLECTION POINT, AS SOME DO TIME FOR INCREASINGLY SERIOUS CRIMES, FROM MURDER TO DOMESTIC TERRORISM. WORSE, PRISONS NOW FUNCTION AS FINISHING SCHOOLS FOR THE WOULD-BE PROGENITORS OF AN AMERICAN REICH

JOHN LITHGOW • The six-time Emmy winner, who can currently be seen in Conclave, on joyous Democrats, arboreal reincarnation, and tall-people problems