The Vintage Caper

The author of A Year in Provence returns with another lighthearted, easy-to-imbibe entertainment. Set largely in Hollywood and Marseilles, Mayle's new novel centers on the theft of an impressive lot of very expensive Bordeaux.

May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

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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