Jojo Moyes’s Grandmother Knew a Bookworm When She Saw One,“It wasn’t a compliment,” says...
Writing and Writers
‘Vile,’ ‘Deplorable,’ ‘Full of Lies’: Aleksandar Hemon Is No Fan of Philip Roth,“Roth’s steadfast...
Patrick Modiano Says Good Books Make Good People,“A book that profoundly moves or thrills...
Patricia Engel’s Enduring Friendships Always Include Books,“It touches me when people ask me to...
Alex Prud’homme Wishes He Was in the Room Where It Happened,“That toothsome meal arguably...
Leigh Bardugo Is Wary of Imposing Limits on Young Readers,“I think they actually have...
Rick Rubin Wants You to Read Sherlock Holmes Before You’re 21,“The earlier the better,”...
Jane Smiley Wishes Readers Would Embrace More Diverse Books,“It’s always tempting for readers to...
How Mia Couto’s Words Help Weave the Story of Mozambique,Couto’s language is enriched by...
How Erica Jong, Writer, Spends Her Sundays,What gets this best-selling novelist going? Cappuccinos, movies...
Read Your Way Through Tangier,Tangier’s many facets have long inspired writers. Here, the Moroccan-born...
A Song and Dance Collaboration, Straight Outta Swamplandia,The choreographer Troy Schumacher, the composer Ellis...
Roald Dahl’s Books Are Rewritten to Cut Potentially Offensive Language,New editions of the best-selling...
The Visions of Octavia Butler,As a science fiction writer, Butler forged a new path...
Donald Spoto, Biographer of Hitchcock and Many More, Dies at 81,He wrote more than...
Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding,A celebration of community libraries and their expanding role,...
The Book That Hastened Bono’s Puberty, in a Good Way,“I got a copy of...
Read Your Way Through Tangier,Tangier’s many facets have long inspired writers. Here, the Moroccan-born...
A Publishing Superstar Whose Memoir Shuns Glitz to Explore Private Torment,In “The Absent Moon,”...
Science Fiction Magazines Battle a Flood of Chatbot-Generated Stories,While the deluge has become a...