Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time celebrates Gilded Age society maven Mamie Fish, whose parties influenced as much as they entertained.

The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.

From the author of Madame Restell and Get Well Soon, a biography of Mamie Fish that explores how women used parties and social gatherings to gain power and ...