How FarmVille Inspired a Ponzi Scheme That Swindled $250 Million From Its Investors

How FarmVille Inspired a Ponzi Scheme That Swindled $250 Million From Its Investors

Moisés Naím and Quico Toro on Mehmet Aydın, the Turkish Wannabe-Pop Star Who Created “Farm Bank”

By Moisés Naím and Quico Toro | October 27, 2025

Remembering Writer and <em>New Yorker</em> Mainstay Alison Rose

Remembering Writer and New Yorker Mainstay Alison Rose

Cynthia Zarin on Her Late Friend: “She was like an exclamation point in Garamond type...”

By Cynthia Zarin | October 24, 2025

“You’ll See, a Lot Will Happen When I Die.” Remembering Gary Indiana

“You’ll See, a Lot Will Happen When I Die.” Remembering Gary Indiana

Publishers Hedi El Kholti and Dan Simon Reminisce About the Author and Friend on the Anniversary of His Death

By Literary Hub | October 23, 2025

On the Simple Life of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Philosophy as “Neverending Therapy”

On the Simple Life of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Philosophy as “Neverending Therapy”

Anthony Gottlieb Considers Wittgenstein’s Famous Family and His Revolutionary Approach to Philosophical Questions

By Anthony Gottlieb | October 22, 2025

Dear Bill: Letters From a Young John Updike to His Editor, William Maxwell

Dear Bill: Letters From a Young John Updike to His Editor, William Maxwell

“Elizabeth keeps falling down the steep stairs here. Send the checks. I need the money.”

By James Schiff | October 21, 2025

How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.

How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.

130 years after the British Library revoked his card-carrying privileges, Wilde's grandson got his.

By Brittany Allen | October 20, 2025

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The Psychology of Portnoy: On the Making of Philip Roth’s Groundbreaking Novel

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The Mild Mannered Englishman Who Was the World’s Most Prolific Ghost Hunter

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“How Living Are His Portraits of the Dead.” Toni Morrison on the Photography of James Van Der Zee

By Toni Morrison | October 17, 2025

Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.

Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.

By Brittany Allen | October 16, 2025

Biography of a Biographer: Searching For My Father on Mark Twain’s Farm

Biography of a Biographer: Searching For My Father on Mark Twain’s Farm

“He could not imagine then that I would write in order to find him.”

By Hester Kaplan | October 16, 2025

Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

Terry McDonell Talks to Lance Richardson About Matthiessen’s Moral Ambiguity, Bigfoot, and More

By Terry McDonell | October 14, 2025

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

Matthew Restall on the Familiar Political Battleground of Columbus

By Matthew Restall | October 13, 2025

A Night at Max’s Kansas City: Seeing and Being Seen in the 1970s NYC Art World

A Night at Max’s Kansas City: Seeing and Being Seen in the 1970s NYC Art World

Pat Lipsky on the Rival Groups of Artists Looking for Fame in Greenwich Village

By Pat Lipsky | October 9, 2025

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

Ed Simon Explores the Terror of Being Buried Alive and Americanism in Poe’s Work

By Ed Simon | October 8, 2025

Inventing Gertrude Stein, Literary Cubist

Inventing Gertrude Stein, Literary Cubist

Francesca Wade on the Stylistic Innovations That Made the Expatriate Writer Famous in Her Own Country

By Francesca Wade | October 7, 2025

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