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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 DoneThe 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 DoEthan 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 DramaThis 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 HerFrom Audre Lorde to The Real World.

By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

poetry May 19, 2020

Please Enjoy This Very Sultry Poetry ReadingAndrew 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 AboutA bedtime story, courtesy of Gollum? Yes, please.

By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

literature Apr. 24, 2020

Personal Essays EssayPlease, consider the genre with me.

By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

literature Apr. 23, 2020

10 Hot Pictures of Shakespeare for His BirthdayHappy 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 BacklashJeanine 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 52The 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 AgainKendall Jenner interprets Miranda July for us.

By Hannah Gold

first person Aug. 7, 2019

Yearning for a Blessing From Toni MorrisonWorking 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 AssistantToni 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 ThemMaya 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 MoreAfter 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 DesiredIt includes Donald Trump.

By Opheli Garcia Lawler

literature Dec. 3, 2018

Here’s the Worst Thing a Man Wrote About Sex This YearCongratulations 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 NicerSave 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 PretentiousReflecting 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 RapeJean-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 RothHow 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 88The 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 AllegationsIt’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 StoriesPerfect 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 EditorTo replace disgraced former editor Lorin Stein.

By Anna Silman

books Mar. 16, 2018

I Am So Jealous of Tavi Gevinson’s Custom Secret History JacketInspired by the cult novel by Donna Tartt.

By Anna Silman

gift guide 2017 Dec. 18, 2017

11 Great Books to Give As GiftsRead with us.

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cat person mania Dec. 18, 2017

‘Cat Person’ Author’s Book of Short Stories Is Coming SoonIt’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 YearA big year for female writers.

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literature Dec. 12, 2017

What I Learned After Lorin Stein Published My StoryA lesson in power, sex, and fiction.

By Alexandra Kleeman

literature Dec. 11, 2017

Why a Short Story About a Terrible Date Went ViralThe 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 ThemA plagiarism lawsuit against The Girls novelist Emma Cline took an ugly turn.

By Anna Silman

Nov. 29, 2017

Elena Ferrante Is Working on Something NewFinally, 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 KakutaniThe 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 MagazineWould 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 EraMargaret 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 WomanIn 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 HusbandHer autobiography is full of wisdom.

By Eileen Townsend

digital humanities Nov. 28, 2016

There Are 6 Basic Emotional ‘Shapes’ of StoriesTake 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