Conference time at the college, Paul Goldberger and Michael Murphy on architecture, and Jamie Gangel interviews Daniel Silva about his new thriller.
Books
Nature and History Collide in New Y.A. NovelDavid Cataletto’s passions for education, history, and the environment merge in “Kings of the Coast,” set on the East End in the 1600s and telling a tale of Indigenous tribes and Dutch and English settlers struggling to control the land.
When the Publisher Was KingGayle Feldman takes an exhilarating look back at the midcentury era when a book biz insider like Bennett Cerf could become a celebrity.
Phil Schultz Talks His New OnePhilip Schultz will read from his latest collection of poems, “Enormous Morning,” and discuss poetry with Grace Schulman at BookHampton in East Hampton on Saturday at 6 p.m.
Humming With TruthFrom fiction involving a woman running her family’s tea house to a memoir of recovering from a brain injury, “Fit Into Me” is nothing if not hybrid.
South Fork Poetry: ‘The Bard in Bardo. Where? Here.’Peter Matthiessen in the swimming pool.
Charm, Style, and ‘No Holds Barred’“Storyteller,” Jeffrey Banks’s memoir, contains numerous hails and some sad farewells to major and minor fashion figures and others who inspired or assisted him in his rise as an award-winning designer.
South Fork Poetry: ‘En Plein Air’Am I exploiting someone’s pain? And other sources of trepidation at the easel.
Paul McCartney, After the BeatlesIn “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run,” Paul McCartney is among the voices recounting the musician’s long effort to equal the success of his former band, the Beatles.
South Fork Poetry: ‘The Designer’A prayer for Jack Ceglic, artist, designer, and East Hamptoner, from Philip Schultz’s about-to-be-released collection, “Enormous Morning.”
South Fork Poetry: ‘Boudu Saved From Drowning’Chasing dreams — Californian, nighttime, in a Hamptons parking lot.
Doing the Time WarpFrom East Village sex workers to the primate plains of Lucy, humanity’s hirsute ancestor, looking for love and self-actualization with our man in time travel.
A Tidal TragedyIn Heather Aimee O’Neill’s debut novel, three sisters arrive for Thanksgiving at the family home on Peconic Bay, all of their complications in tow.
Who Is That With Roy Cohn? An author at work on a biography of Roy Cohn has a photo query for East Hamptoners of long tenure.
A Primer on SalterJeffrey Meyers, a literary biographer, had an epistolary friendship with James Salter of Bridgehampton for years, but his assessment maintains a certain distance.
Playwright Ponders Salter in BridgehamptonKeith Reddin will deliver an appreciation of James Salter on Friday at 5 p.m. at the Nathaniel Rogers House.
The Path HomeFrom Lance Richardson comes a hefty helping of biography on Peter Matthiessen, novelist, pioneering environmentalist, advocate for native peoples, bayman, Zen teacher, Sagaponacker.
South Fork Poetry: ‘Double Exposure’A philosopher and novelist on love and unneighborly war — in dreams.
Book Markers: Sutton and Safina Talk, M.F.A. Open HouseCarl Safina talks to Caroline Sutton about her book of nature essays, and the M.F.A. program at the college throws open its doors, with a reading to boot.
The Flip Book ReimaginedThe age-old flip book format becomes a work of art in the hands of Soren Hope, who has a show in Manhattan.
South Fork Poetry: ‘Enjambment of Fallen Men’“I have no intention of picking up the pieces, of starting where I left off.”
A Love Affair With BeautyAside from his commercial work and indie films, Bruce Weber took many more pictures than you might realize. “My Education,” a deluxe tome at once a photo extravaganza and memoir, explores his decades-long career as an artist.
Biden in ’24: Self-Serving Self-Deception?Was it a White House cover-up of dangerous incapacity? A plague of self-deception afflicting President Biden and those in his inner circle? Chris Whipple picks through the car wreck that was the 2024 election.
A Rake’s ProgressKen Miller’s novel “High Finance” sends up Wall Street culture while exploring weighty matters — among other things, the grim wreckage of the crash of ’08.
Feral DaysIn Adam Ross’s “Playworld,” the fictional family of four seems as fully rendered as the 1980 New York City he meticulously details, and the result is at once unsettling, relatable, and funny.
Literary Stars at Herrick ParkThe East Hampton Library’s Authors Night fund-raiser will bring to the village’s Herrick Park a hundred authors working across all genres.
Poetry in the Leiber GreeneryFour poets will read from their work in the gardens of the Leiber Collection in Springs on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Colm Toibin at Fridays at FiveColm Toibin will put in an appearance at Fridays at Five at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton on Aug. 8, reading from his latest novel, “Long Island.”