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  1. pride
    The Beauty Brand That Turned Itself Into a Library to Support Queer AuthorsAesop has dedicated three locations to books written by LGBTQIA+ authors.
    By Asia Milia Ware
  2. encounter
    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
  3. how i get it done
    How Author Jacqueline Woodson Gets It DoneThe MacArthur fellow on morning podcasts, afternoon writing time, and evening dinner-table talk.
    By Hannah Gold
  4. literature
    The Hottest Thing One’s Celebrity Crush Can DoEthan Hawke has written a book review for the New York Times.
    By Hannah Gold
  5. literature
    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
  6. pride essentials
    Novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn on the Art That Shaped HerFrom Audre Lorde to The Real World.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  7. poetry
    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
  8. top novel
    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
  9. celebrity
    This Is the Only Celebrity Livestream I Care AboutA bedtime story, courtesy of Gollum? Yes, please.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  10. literature
    Personal Essays EssayPlease, consider the genre with me.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  11. literature
    10 Hot Pictures of Shakespeare for His BirthdayHappy 456th to The Bard.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  12. culture
    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
  13. american dirt
    The American Dirt Book Tour Has Been Canceled Amid Intense BacklashJeanine Cummins’s publishers said there have been “safety” concerns.
    By Hannah Gold
  14. obituary
    Remembering Elizabeth Wurtzel, a Proudly Difficult Person“She had a tiny nuclear reactor where the rest of us have a breastbone.”
    By Benjamin Wallace
  15. elizabeth wurtzel
    Elizabeth Wurtzel Has Died at 52The iconic Prozac Nation writer died of complications from cancer.
    By Hannah Gold
  16. just be normal
    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
  17. literature
    The Celebs Are Reading AgainKendall Jenner interprets Miranda July for us.
    By Hannah Gold
  18. first person
    Yearning for a Blessing From Toni MorrisonWorking with her at Princeton, I was always awestruck by her presence.
    By Imani Perry
  19. remembrances
    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
  20. rest in power
    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
  21. rest in power
    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
  22. moby dick
    This New Version of Moby Dick Leaves a Lot to Be DesiredIt includes Donald Trump.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  23. literature
    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
  24. literature
    9 Terrible Sentences Men Wrote About Sex This Year“Slowly chugging my organ as a boa constrictor swallows its prey.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  25. science of us
    Reading Fiction Makes You a Little NicerSave the publishing industry and save yourself.
    By Katie Heaney
  26. but their emails
    Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer Acknowledge That They Are PretentiousReflecting back on the email chain heard ‘round the world.
    By Anna Silman
  27. sexual assualt
    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
  28. rip
    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
  29. Tom Wolfe Has Died at 88The pioneering author and New Journalist died Monday in a Manhattan hospital.
    By Anna Silman
  30. #metoo
    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
  31. q&a
    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
  32. the literary world
    The Paris Review Has Finally Found a New EditorTo replace disgraced former editor Lorin Stein.
    By Anna Silman
  33. books
    I Am So Jealous of Tavi Gevinson’s Custom Secret History JacketInspired by the cult novel by Donna Tartt.
    By Anna Silman
  34. gift guide 2017
    11 Great Books to Give As GiftsRead with us.
    By the Cut
  35. cat person mania
    ‘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
  36. longreads
    15 Great Books by Women We Read This YearA big year for female writers.
    By the Cut
  37. literature
    What I Learned After Lorin Stein Published My StoryA lesson in power, sex, and fiction.
    By Alexandra Kleeman
  38. literature
    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
  39. legal drama
    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
  40. Elena Ferrante Is Working on Something NewFinally, some good news.
    By Anna Silman
  41. profiles
    What Would Sarah Polley Do?The unorthodox film heroine’s 20-year journey to Alias Grace.
    By Anna Silman
  42. literature
    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
  43. sick burns
    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
  44. the magazine world
    Meet the New Editor of T MagazineWould you like some tears with that Times subscription?
    By Anna Silman
  45. fan casting
    Who Should Play Elena and Lila in the Elena Ferrante HBO Series?A challenge in fancasting.
    By Anna Silman
  46. Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale, One Month Into the Trump EraMargaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, suddenly fresh again.
    By Rebecca Traister
  47. q&a
    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
  48. literature
    In Honor of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Drape Yourself in Diamonds and Divorce Your HusbandHer autobiography is full of wisdom.
    By Eileen Townsend
  49. digital humanities
    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
  50. dreams
    Kafka Harnessed Insomnia to Create His Trippy FictionBlur the boundary between dreaming and waking, and you might turn into a bug.
    By Drake Baer
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