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In a new biography, the author of Sin in the Second City peels back the veil of glamor surrounding the most famous stripper since Salome — Gypsy Rose Lee.

The Daily Beast editor joins Steve Inskeep to chat about the best things she's been reading lately. This month, the selections focus on three contemporary American icons and the ways in which they are presented and understood.

For the first time a major museum exhibition focuses on gay and lesbian portraiture. The National Portrait Gallery's expensive, expansive new show examines how modern art was influenced by GLBT painters, photographers and printmakers.

The first known Hispanic immigrant came to New York City from the island of Hispaniola in 1613, and that was only the beginning. An exhibit at New York's El Museo del Barrio looks at the city's Hispanic influences from the 1600s to 1945.

Painter Matthew Mitchell's project is deceptively simple: He's painting 100 portraits of people who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The process has taken on a much more powerful reality than he realized it would.

Some people fight invasive plants with chemicals and scorched-earth tactics. In Washington, D.C., graphic designer Patterson Clark turns them into art.

An exhibit at the National Archives shows that, since America's early days, the government has had a lasting effect on how and what Americans eat.

With Prince William's engagement finally official, are we likely to jump on the royal-wedding train again, even knowing how the last one turned out? Probably so, precisely because of the way the last one turned out.

When he was an undergrad, the director of "Rushmore" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," published a short story in a University of Texas literary magazine. Its newest editor has made it available online. Is that a good thing?

New York Fashion Week gives us a glimpse of what will be fashionable next fall. And with the event comes the discussion of the models' sizes. Size zeros are still common, but lately some fashion spreads have prominently featured plus-size models.