CICERO: Cultural critic, writer, and thinker Leslie Jamison and her ideas on authenticity, Las Vegas, alcohol, Second Life, und plastic princesses.

DIE WELT: Trevor Noah, the “The Daily Show’s” unlikely anchor on Nelson Mandela, Swiss fathers, and freedom of choice who to hate.

NUMÉRO: German painter Jutta Koether has operated against the logic of the male-dominated art canon. Her bold acte de résistance? Painting exclusively in red. In her first comprehensive retrospective at Museum Brandhorst, her defiant practice comes full circle. I met the critic and rebel in her studio in Brooklyn’s Gowanus,

DIE DAME: Siri Hustvedt is a writer, essayist, neurologist and progressive feminist. She is Paul Auster's wife on the side. A conversation about female anger, racism and pussy grabbers.

DIE WELT: Sonic Youth musician Kim Gordon opens up in her autobiography. About Kurt Cobain, Thurston Moore, Gerhard Richter and Marc Jacobs.