Nighttable Reading

Amanda Plummer (actress): The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky, edited by Romola Nijinsky (University of California Press). "The words are spoken onto the page. It's written from the passion, the craving, and the simple desire to dance. "

Dominic Lawson(editor of The Spectator): Harold Nicolson: Diaries & Letters (Penguin, U.K.). "It's a marvelous way of understanding the extraordinary people behind extraordinary events. "

RuPaul(supermodel, recording artist): The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story, by Peter Lefcourt (Random House). "Interracial same-sex baseball love: hello. It's not just about being gay. It's about being human. "