London Underground posters from the 1920s.

How Wes Anderson might help finally get Americans to read Stefan Zweig.

Iranian poet Hashem Shaabani was executed for charges that included “waging war on God.”

Michele Filgate talks with Olivia Laing about “The Myth Of The Alcoholic Writer.”

10 undeniable facts about the allegations against Woody Allen.

Erika Anderson’s “Geneva Vices” is your weekend essay reading assignment.

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