This summer’s slate of new books offers something for every reader, whether you’re looking for a lighthearted escape, a poignant personal story, or a literary adventure. In Save What’s Left by Elizabeth Castellano, witty protagonist Kathleen Deane tries to fulfill her own beachy dreams by buying an oyster shack in Long Island, which turns out to be, well, less than idyllic. Actor Elliot Page’s memoir, Pageboy, details his path from Nova Scotia to an Oscar nomination to navigating the entertainment industry as a trans man. In Crook Manifesto, the sequel to 2021’s Harlem Shuffle, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead paints a masterful portrait of upheaval in 1970s New York City. And Silvia Moreno-Garcia melds historical fiction with the par…
Any resemblance to Steve Jobs was unintentional, or so Stacy Spikes claims. Back in February, minutes before Spikes was set to take the stage at Lincoln Center in New York City to announce the resurrection of his old company, MoviePass, he realized he was sweating through his white button-up shirt and jacket. He changed into a more breathable black mock turtleneck, which, on his slim figure, paired with dark jeans, sneakers, and glasses, looked a lot like an homage to the Apple co-founder. “I didn’t want to be thinking, Are they going to see my sweaty pits?” Spikes, 54, says during an interview in a Manhattan office several weeks later. “When people said, ‘That’s very Steve Jobs,’ I was like, ‘Everybody in New York dresses in all black.&rs…
This article discusses the series finale of Reservation Dogs.
In the series finale of FX’s Reservation Dogs, a teenager visits her aunt in prison. Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) buys an armful of snacks for Hokti (Lily Gladstone) and delivers the sad news that the medicine man she’s been shadowing, Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman), has died. Using a bag of Flamin’ Flamers chips as a visual aid, Hokti consoles her by pointing out that Fixico isn’t exactly gone. She places a chip on each of the other snacks to represent what he taught each person he knew and notes that those people will, in turn, share his knowledge with others. “It’s how community works,” Hokti says. “It’s sprawling. It spreads. What do you think they came for when they tried to get rid…