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Displaying all articles tagged:
Literature
society pages
Mar. 9, 2023
A Dispatch From
The Drift’s
Latest Party
Randos, rising literati, and zero free drinks at last night’s “gathering of nerds.”
By
Bindu Bansinath
literature
Mar. 8, 2023
Listen, There Are Many Ways to Start a Book
A-Rod appears to be hand-scrawling his on a stack of personal letterhead labeled “BOOK.”
By
Claire Lampen
celebrity
Feb. 15, 2023
Olivia Wilde Loves a Cryptic Literary Reference
What is this John Steinbeck quote doing in her Instagram Stories?
By
Danielle Cohen
books
Feb. 13, 2023
A Refreshingly Anti-Trauma-Plot Novel
In Jen Beagin’s splashy new book,
Big Swiss
, two women heal their wounds with a transformative — and very funny — affair.
By
Bindu Bansinath
books
Jan. 10, 2023
The Survivalists
Is a Doomsday Fever Dream
Kashana Cauley’s debut novel raises the question: What would you do to live in a Brooklyn brownstone for free?
By
Bindu Bansinath
sensible purchases
Nov. 17, 2022
The Joan Didion Estate Sale Was Madness
Who paid $11,000 for a stack of blank notebooks?!
By
Danielle Cohen
q & a
Oct. 18, 2022
Fatimah Asghar Redefines the Orphan Narrative
When We Were Sisters
explores the beauty and pain of makeshift families.
By
Bindu Bansinath
bffs
Sept. 26, 2022
Can a Childhood Friendship Really Last a Lifetime?
In
Best of Friends
, novelist Kamila Shamsie attempts to find out.
By
Bindu Bansinath
q & a
Sept. 8, 2022
Ling Ma Transcends the Gimmick
The author’s new short-story collection,
Bliss Montage,
is a Surrealist exploration of anxiety and pleasure.
By
Bindu Bansinath
reading list
July 5, 2022
Honey & Spice
Is the Ultimate Summer Romance Read
Author Bolu Babalola is a “Romcomoisseur.”
By
Katja Vujić
q & a
May 6, 2022
Acts of Service
Is a New Kind of Queer Novel
In Lillian Fishman’s debut, a queer woman grapples with the discomforts and pleasure of heterosexual desire.
By
Bindu Bansinath
reading
Mar. 30, 2022
Celebrity Admits She Doesn’t Really Read
Finally, an honest
Architectural Digest
home tour.
By
Bindu Bansinath
bell hooks
Dec. 17, 2021
We’ll Never Be Done Learning From bell hooks
Writers reflect on the books and essays that have had a lasting impact.
By
Bindu Bansinath
obituaries
Dec. 15, 2021
Groundbreaking Feminist Theorist bell hooks Has Died
The acclaimed writer passed away on Wednesday morning. She was 69.
By
Danielle Cohen
pride
June 24, 2021
The Beauty Brand That Turned Itself Into a Library to Support Queer Authors
Aesop has dedicated three locations to books written by LGBTQIA+ authors.
By
Asia Milia Ware
encounter
Jan. 25, 2021
What Does Lauren Oyler Like?
With the release of her debut novel, the hard-to-please literary critic has to offer up her idea of a good book.
By
Anna Silman
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
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