Reflecting back on the email chain heard ‘round the world.

Jean-Claude Arnault has been at the center of a sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the Nobel literature community.

How have plaudits of the great American novelists been tempered by acknowledgment of his misogyny?

The pioneering author and New Journalist died Monday in a Manhattan hospital.

It’s the first time since World War II they’ve postponed giving the award.

Perfect Nanny author Leïla Slimani on the difference between French and American mothers — and why she’s not watching the New York nanny trial.

To replace disgraced former editor Lorin Stein.

Inspired by the cult novel by Donna Tartt.

Read with us.

It’s a short-story collection called You Know You Want This.

A big year for female writers.

A lesson in power, sex, and fiction.

The New Yorker’s “Cat Person” shows how complicated bad sex really is.

A plagiarism lawsuit against The Girls novelist Emma Cline took an ugly turn.

Finally, some good news.

The unorthodox film heroine’s 20-year journey to Alias Grace.

“I apologize to Margaret Atwood that it’s not her getting this prize.”

The legendary New York Times book critic made a lot of enemies during her 38-year tenure.

Would you like some tears with that Times subscription?

A challenge in fancasting.