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Literature
how i get it done
Jan. 4, 2021
How Author Jacqueline Woodson Gets It Done
The MacArthur fellow on morning podcasts, afternoon writing time, and evening dinner-table talk.
By
Hannah Gold
literature
Sept. 1, 2020
The Hottest Thing One’s Celebrity Crush Can Do
Ethan Hawke has written a book review for the New York
Times
.
By
Hannah Gold
literature
July 1, 2020
Here It Is, the
Da Vinci Code
of Divorce Drama
This lawsuit has everything: airport best sellers, extramarital affairs, and a $345,000 Friesian horse named “LimiTed Edition.”
By
Bridget Read
pride essentials
June 24, 2020
Novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn on the Art That Shaped Her
From Audre Lorde to
The Real World
.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
poetry
May 19, 2020
Please Enjoy This Very Sultry Poetry Reading
Andrew Scott, a.k.a. the Hot Priest from
Fleabag
, is making poetry readings sexy again.
By
Hannah Gold
top novel
May 14, 2020
What Drama Will Jay Manuel Reveal in His
ANTM
Novel?
The former
America’s Next Top Model
judge is writing a “metafictional” book about a man named Pablo Michaels, who works on a modeling reality show.
By
Hannah Gold
celebrity
May 7, 2020
This Is the Only Celebrity Livestream I Care About
A bedtime story, courtesy of Gollum? Yes, please.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
literature
Apr. 24, 2020
Personal Essays Essay
Please, consider the genre with me.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
literature
Apr. 23, 2020
10 Hot Pictures of Shakespeare for His Birthday
Happy 456th to The Bard.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
culture
Feb. 4, 2020
What Does Jeanine Cummins Find Thrilling About the Border?
American Dirt
makes a romantic thriller out of a migration story, but I never could have done the same with mine.
By
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
american dirt
Jan. 30, 2020
The
American Dirt
Book Tour Has Been Canceled Amid Intense Backlash
Jeanine Cummins’s publishers said there have been “safety” concerns.
By
Hannah Gold
obituary
Jan. 9, 2020
Remembering Elizabeth Wurtzel, a Proudly Difficult Person
“She had a tiny nuclear reactor where the rest of us have a breastbone.”
By
Benjamin Wallace
elizabeth wurtzel
Jan. 7, 2020
Elizabeth Wurtzel Has Died at 52
The iconic
Prozac Nation
writer died of complications from cancer.
By
Hannah Gold
just be normal
Oct. 31, 2019
Is It Normal to Be This Hot?
Sally Rooney’s hit novel
Normal People
is being adapted for TV. Here are the first images.
By
Hannah Gold
literature
Aug. 29, 2019
The Celebs Are Reading Again
Kendall Jenner interprets Miranda July for us.
By
Hannah Gold
first person
Aug. 7, 2019
Yearning for a Blessing From Toni Morrison
Working with her at Princeton, I was always awestruck by her presence.
By
Imani Perry
remembrances
Aug. 7, 2019
What I Learned As Toni Morrison’s Personal Assistant
Toni taught me, “if you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
By
John Hoppenthaler
rest in power
Aug. 6, 2019
8 Women Writers on What Toni Morrison Meant to Them
Maya Angelou, Tayari Jones, Angela Davis, and more on the powerful influence of Morrison’s work.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
rest in power
Aug. 6, 2019
The Most Moving Tributes to Toni Morrison From Stacey Abrams, Beyoncé and More
After news broke that the luminary had died at 88, tributes began pouring in on social media.
By
Bridget Read
moby dick
Apr. 29, 2019
This New Version of Moby Dick Leaves a Lot to Be Desired
It includes Donald Trump.
By
Opheli Garcia Lawler
literature
Dec. 3, 2018
Here’s the Worst Thing a Man Wrote About Sex This Year
Congratulations to the winner of the Bad Sex in Fiction award.
By
Gabriella Paiella
literature
Nov. 30, 2018
9 Terrible Sentences Men Wrote About Sex This Year
“Slowly chugging my organ as a boa constrictor swallows its prey.”
By
Gabriella Paiella
science of us
Nov. 20, 2018
Reading Fiction Makes You a Little Nicer
Save the publishing industry and save yourself.
By
Katie Heaney
but their emails
June 15, 2018
Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer Acknowledge That They Are Pretentious
Reflecting back on the email chain heard ‘round the world.
By
Anna Silman
sexual assualt
June 12, 2018
Nobel Scandal: French Photographer Faces Two Charges of Rape
Jean-Claude Arnault has been at the center of a sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the Nobel literature community.
By
Madeleine Aggeler
rip
May 23, 2018
Here’s How People Are Remembering Philip Roth
How have plaudits of the great American novelists been tempered by acknowledgment of his misogyny?
By
Anna Silman
May 15, 2018
Tom Wolfe Has Died at 88
The pioneering author and New Journalist died Monday in a Manhattan hospital.
By
Anna Silman
#metoo
May 4, 2018
Nobel Prize in Literature Will Not Be Awarded Due to Sexual Abuse Allegations
It’s the first time since World War II they’ve postponed giving the award.
By
Sarah Spellings
q&a
Apr. 9, 2018
The Perfect Nanny
Author on Why We Can’t Look Away From Domestic Horror Stories
Perfect Nanny
author Leïla Slimani on the difference between French and American mothers — and why she’s not watching the New York nanny trial.
By
Anna Silman
the literary world
Apr. 5, 2018
The Paris Review
Has Finally Found a New Editor
To replace disgraced former editor Lorin Stein.
By
Anna Silman
books
Mar. 16, 2018
I Am So Jealous of Tavi Gevinson’s Custom
Secret History
Jacket
Inspired by the cult novel by Donna Tartt.
By
Anna Silman
gift guide 2017
Dec. 18, 2017
11 Great Books to Give As Gifts
Read with us.
By
the Cut
cat person mania
Dec. 18, 2017
‘Cat Person’ Author’s Book of Short Stories Is Coming Soon
It’s a short-story collection called
You Know You Want This.
By
Anna Silman
longreads
Dec. 15, 2017
15 Great Books by Women We Read This Year
A big year for female writers.
By
the Cut
literature
Dec. 12, 2017
What I Learned After Lorin Stein Published My Story
A lesson in power, sex, and fiction.
By
Alexandra Kleeman
literature
Dec. 11, 2017
Why a Short Story About a Terrible Date Went Viral
The
New Yorker’s
“Cat Person” shows how complicated bad sex really is.
By
Anna Silman
legal drama
Dec. 1, 2017
Ex-Weinstein Lawyer Has History of Using Women’s Sexuality Against Them
A plagiarism lawsuit against
The Girls
novelist Emma Cline took an ugly turn.
By
Anna Silman
Nov. 29, 2017
Elena Ferrante Is Working on Something New
Finally, some good news.
By
Anna Silman
profiles
Oct. 26, 2017
What Would Sarah Polley Do?
The unorthodox film heroine’s 20-year journey to
Alias Grace
.
By
Anna Silman
literature
Oct. 5, 2017
Kazuo Ishiguro Is Sorry Margaret Atwood Didn’t Win the Nobel Prize
“I apologize to Margaret Atwood that it’s not her getting this prize.”
By
Madeleine Aggeler
sick burns
July 27, 2017
The All-Time Best Burns of New York
Times
Book Reviewer Michiko Kakutani
The legendary New York
Times
book critic made a lot of enemies during her 38-year tenure.
By
Anna Silman
the magazine world
Apr. 4, 2017
Meet the New Editor of
T
Magazine
Would you like some tears with that
Times
subscription?
By
Anna Silman
fan casting
Apr. 3, 2017
Who Should Play Elena and Lila in the Elena Ferrante HBO Series?
A challenge in fancasting.
By
Anna Silman
Feb. 23, 2017
Rereading
The Handmaid’s Tale
, One Month Into the Trump Era
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, suddenly fresh again.
By
Rebecca Traister
q&a
Feb. 22, 2017
Morgan Parker on Why Beyoncé Is a Metaphor for Every Black Woman
In her new book, the poet uses Beyoncé as a device to explore the lives of black women.
By
Tahirah Hairston
literature
Dec. 20, 2016
In Honor of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Drape Yourself in Diamonds and Divorce Your Husband
Her autobiography is full of wisdom.
By
Eileen Townsend
digital humanities
Nov. 28, 2016
There Are 6 Basic Emotional ‘Shapes’ of Stories
Take it from Vonnegut: “The fundamental idea is that stories have shapes which can be drawn on graph paper.”
By
Drake Baer
dreams
Nov. 8, 2016
Kafka Harnessed Insomnia to Create His Trippy Fiction
Blur the boundary between dreaming and waking, and you might turn into a bug.
By
Drake Baer
mysteries of our time
Oct. 2, 2016
Is This the Real Identity of Elena Ferrante?
Will this finally put to rest the rumor that the author is really a man?
By
Jenni Miller
franzenology
Aug. 1, 2016
Why Does Jonathan Franzen Make It So Hard to Like Him?
Franzen says he has “never been in love with a black woman.”
By
Anna Silman
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