What's in November:

If Allegra Coleman didn't exist, someone would have to invent her. "She's the most compelling celebrity I've ever written about," says contributing editor and Washington Post staffer Martha Sherrill --who actually did invent the November cover girl's story. Dream Girl: The Allegra Coleman Nobody Knows is a brilliant parody of the whole genre of celebrity journalism.

For the 14th year, food and travel correspondent John Mariani surveys the best new restaurants of the year in Cheers! Taking top honors is Spruce in Chicago.

In The Great White Hope, contributing editor Mark Kriegel takes on boxer Oscar De La Hoya with an insightful account of the fighter's rise to fame and fortune.

Just what exactly is The Post-Gay Man? Jonathan Van Meter, former editor of Vibe, describes the intricacies and ambiguities of sexual identity in the nineties.

November Gentleman is packed with great fall ideas: the cast of TV's Party of Five as we've never seen them --looking grown up; the men of ESPN; and San Francisco's stylish mayor Willie Brown.

Plus a new short story from Barry Hannah, Mark Leyner on revisiting an old flame, Walter Shapiro on Jack Kemp, Mike Lupica picking the all-time NBA Dream Team, an O.J. book roundup, and much, much more!