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Our Exclusive Met Gala “Lookbook”

My Art-Loving Beauty-Seeking Readers, It was a big week for fashion as well as publishing: the Met Gala turned the red carpet into a spectacle with its “Fashion Is Art” dress code, and Pulitzer Prize winners were announced along with major new releases, so our team did the only reasonable…
Meryl L. Moss
May 8, 2026
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Real Intelligence

The 1976 album titled Boston by the band with the same name resonated with me; the lyrics took me to a place my narrow life lacked; the music energized my young soul. I was hooked; I still am. In my pre-teen days, my parents’ record player was the only way…
Michael West
May 8, 2026
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Dear Aunt Libra: Pride Edition

Darlings! You caught me in the middle of my preparations for our annual Pride salon. We’re having it at Sappho’s villa since there were far too many people to squeeze into Gertrude Stein’s tiny flat last year. Poor Alice B. Toklas practically had to practically juggle the canapes!  I have…
Aunt Libra
June 13, 2025
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Aunt Libra Answers Your Bookish Questions

Darlings! There I was having a negroni with Mrs. Bennet and the Lorax when it occurred to me that if you literary types would just consult your dear Auntie Libra, I could make things oh so much better. After all, who is better at helping you find your ideal book…
Aunt Libra
May 22, 2025