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Calvin Trillin on the Importance of Parenting with Humor

Calvin Trillin on the Importance of Parenting with Humor

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 18, 2021

On the Art of Emailing

On the Art of Emailing

A Comic Strip by Pardis Parker and Andrew Hamm

By Pardis Parker and Andrew Hamm | February 16, 2021

A few of the things Thomas Bernhard hated most about all the literary prizes he won.

A few of the things Thomas Bernhard hated most about all the literary prizes he won.

By Walker Caplan | February 12, 2021

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction This February

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction This February

Tom Stoppard! Radical English History! Cyberwar!

By Literary Hub | February 5, 2021

Watch this video of Gore Vidal roasting Kurt Vonnegut (and um, hitting on his wife).

Watch this video of Gore Vidal roasting Kurt Vonnegut (and um, hitting on his wife).

By Walker Caplan | February 1, 2021

Andy Borowitz on Political Satire After the Trump Administration

Andy Borowitz on Political Satire After the Trump Administration

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 27, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Cloudthief
  • Cool Machine
  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
  • Beginning Middle End
  • They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

An ode to John C. Reilly’s hot tub love poem in Boogie Nights.

By Walker Caplan | January 22, 2021

A few literary opinions Jon Ossoff probably has and should definitely tweet about.

By Walker Caplan | January 8, 2021

Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

By Marion Winik | December 14, 2020

Michelle Buteau on Translating Her Comedy Into a (Mostly) PG-13 Book

Michelle Buteau on Translating Her Comedy Into a (Mostly) PG-13 Book

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 10, 2020

Travis Hoewischer on the Pressure of Naming a Baby (Unless You're Harry Styles's Parents)

Travis Hoewischer on the Pressure of Naming a Baby (Unless You're Harry Styles's Parents)

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 2, 2020

And the prize for oddest book title of the year goes to . . .

And the prize for oddest book title of the year goes to . . .

By Walker Caplan | December 1, 2020

What It's Like to Work As a Historical Advisor for <em>Call of Duty</em>

What It's Like to Work As a Historical Advisor for Call of Duty

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | November 27, 2020

A Handbook for Our Times: The Elements of Stress

A Handbook for Our Times: The Elements of Stress

"Maybe you should work from someone else's home."

By Bob Eckstein | November 19, 2020

In Which a Cat Narrates Feline History in the Age of European Conquest

In Which a Cat Narrates Feline History in the Age of European Conquest

As Dictated to Paul Koudounaris by Baba

By Paul Koudounaris | November 13, 2020

Five Audiobooks That Might Be Good For a Laugh This Week

Five Audiobooks That Might Be Good For a Laugh This Week

James Tate Hill with the Recommendations We Need

By James Tate Hill | November 11, 2020

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