That Woman

How deep does Anne Sebba dig in her provocative biography of Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee for whom King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne? Deep enough to uncover evidence that Simpson may not actually have wanted to marry Edward and to explore the possibility that a complex sexuality lay beneath her allure. This eye-opening book is already a bestseller in the U.K.

May 21: The musical smash hit Gypsy opened on Broadway on this day in 1959. The bestseller upon which the show is based, Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir Gypsy, told her life as a rags-to-naked success story, and added to…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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