On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

Nathaniel Philbrick Follows in the Footsteps of George Washington on Western Long Island

By Nathaniel Philbrick | September 20, 2021

Inhabiting the Mind of the Worst Kind of Collaborator: A Nazi Kapo

Inhabiting the Mind of the Worst Kind of Collaborator: A Nazi Kapo

David Rieff on the Novelist Aleksandar Tišma, Whose Writing Was an Antidote to Banality and Kitsch

By David Rieff | September 20, 2021

On Robert Indiana’s <em>LOVE</em>-Hate Relationship with the Sculpture That Made Him a Star

On Robert Indiana’s LOVE-Hate Relationship with the Sculpture That Made Him a Star

Bob Keyes Considers the Financial Realities of an Iconic Work of Art

By Bob Keyes | September 20, 2021

What the Poet Can Do in the Face of the Modern Colonial State

What the Poet Can Do in the Face of the Modern Colonial State

Aruni Kashyap Finds Defiance and Potential in Tradition of the Testimonio

By Aruni Kashyap | September 20, 2021

Telling the Real Story Behind the AIDS Panic in a Small Florida Town

Telling the Real Story Behind the AIDS Panic in a Small Florida Town

Steven Reigns on the Case of Dentist David Acer

By Steven Reigns | September 20, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | September 17, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
  • The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

10 excellent storytelling tips for writers from How I Met Your Mother.

By Katie Yee | September 17, 2021

Who will buy the skinny house where Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Steig, and Margaret Mead lived?

By Jessie Gaynor | September 17, 2021

Sally Rooney's new novel is now the most reviewed book of all time.

By Dan Sheehan | September 17, 2021

Pennsylvania students are protesting their school district's ban on books by authors of color.

Pennsylvania students are protesting their school district's ban on books by authors of color.

By Walker Caplan | September 17, 2021

On its 25th anniversary, here's a look at Oprah's Book Club—by the numbers.

On its 25th anniversary, here's a look at Oprah's Book Club—by the numbers.

By Dan Sheehan | September 17, 2021

Proof goth is not dead: A first edition of <em>Frankenstein</em> just set a world auction record.

Proof goth is not dead: A first edition of Frankenstein just set a world auction record.

By Walker Caplan | September 17, 2021

How to write like Cheryl Strayed.

How to write like Cheryl Strayed.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 17, 2021

Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.

Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2021

Why Everyone Should Read the Great Karen Tei Yamashita

Why Everyone Should Read the Great Karen Tei Yamashita

Josh Cook on This Year’s Recipient of the National Book Foundations’s Literarian Award

By Josh Cook | September 17, 2021

“The Voltaire of Central Park West.” On Herman Mankiewicz’s Early Days at the Algonquin Round Table

“The Voltaire of Central Park West.” On Herman Mankiewicz’s Early Days at the Algonquin Round Table

Nick Davis Traces the Pre-Hollywood Ambitions of the Iconic Screenwriter

By Nick Davis | September 17, 2021

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