Julia Vitale

1 month ago | airmail.news | Julia Vitale

EAT Natoora The story goes that, in December of 1999, Franco Fubini was at Citarella, the high-end New York grocery store, when he overheard a woman asking for peaches. Peaches in December. Fubini took this to heart and started his company, Natoora, in order to connect people to their food again.

1 month ago | airmail.news | Julia Vitale

READ Firstborn This slim but moving memoir by Lauren Christensen takes as its through line a quote by Elizabeth McCracken: “The baby was dead, but he still had to be born.” It grapples with something no one should have to come to terms with—the death of a child—and no mother should have to experience: delivering said child. But the author’s story is as life-affirming as it is fraught, traversing subjects of searing loss and unimaginable grief with resolve.

2 months ago | airmail.news | Julia Vitale

READ Surfer Stories You didn’t have to love surfing to love The Endless Summer, and you don’t have to love it to love this book, either.

2 months ago | airmail.news | Julia Vitale

READ Creep A young British writer’s real-life experience working as a house cleaner in London gave way to Emma van Straaten’s debut novel, Creep, first published in England under the title This Immaculate Body. In some ways, the story—about a woman who becomes obsessed with the person whose apartment she cleans, a man she’s never actually met—is everyone’s worst nightmare: a stranger reading through your e-mails, lying in your bed, using your toothbrush.

Dec 20, 2024 | airmail.news | Julia Vitale

WATCH Vermiglio Snowy-peaked Vermiglio, a tiny village nestled deep in the Alps, is the setting for this charming family drama that took home Venice’s Silver Lion award and is Italy’s entry to the upcoming Oscars.