What it’s been like to live and write in such a bookish city, surrounded by writers and scholars, bookstores and libraries ...

Waldorf Astoria New York, one of the city’s grandest hotels, closed for renovations in 2017. After almost eight years and billions of dollars, it returns, reborn for the 21st century.

Celebrities have been everywhere this week. Cyntha Erivo sports head-to-toe Ralph Lauren at Wimbledon in London, and Doja Cat ...