I am not a regular or for that matter an irregular reader of “Vanity Fair.” However, there was something on the cover on the August, 2013, issue that drew my attention. As I thumbed through the issue, I came upon two short interviews, one with Helen Mirren and the other with Willie Geist, that were interesting and well written. The kind of articles that I used to love reading in the Sunday NYT’s Arts and Entertainment section that don’t seem to be there any more.
An interesting article on “Washington Noir” followed. There have been a whole slew of relatively new TV shows that are either based in Washington, D.C. or connected to politics in one way or another. “House of Cards” one of my very favorite shows from last season was discussed as well as “Scandal,” “Homeland,” and “Veep” among others.
And then just as I had about finished looking through the issue, I came across “The Lions in Summer,” focusing on four well-known authors who have summered in Sagaponack since the 1960s. Peter Matthiessen, Robert Caro, E.L. Doctorow, and the previously mentioned James Salter, “All That Is,” were discussed. They and other famous authors, Irwin Shaw, George Plimpton, Truman Capote, have resided in this not so glamorous area of the Hamptons. The article was gossipy, but very informative.
This issue had several other very interesting articles. If you have time check it out.