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This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

By Jonny Diamond | April 14, 2021

On the Literature of Rewilding… and the Need to Rewild Literature

On the Literature of Rewilding… and the Need to Rewild Literature

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones Finds Non-Human Perspectives in Max Porter, Sarah Hall, Daisy Johnson, and More

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | April 14, 2021

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of <em>Midnight’s Children</em>, <br>Forty Years Later

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of Midnight’s Children,
Forty Years Later

“I wanted to write a novel of vaulting ambition, a high-wire act with no safety net, an all-or-nothing effort.”

By Salman Rushdie | April 14, 2021

On Spite: The Pros and Cons of Being Deeply... Petty

On Spite: The Pros and Cons of Being Deeply... Petty

Simon McCarthy-Jones Offers a Brief History of
Small Human Vengeances

By Simon McCarthy-Jones | April 14, 2021

Why is Maintaining Adult Friendships So Difficult?

Why is Maintaining Adult Friendships So Difficult?

Kristin van Ogtrop on the Ones That Get Away

By Kristin van Ogtrop | April 14, 2021

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

Alex Thomas on Lynn Novick and Ken Burns’s New Documentary

By Alex Thomas | April 14, 2021

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Is Social Media Really Polarizing Us? Or Is it Just... Us?

By Keen On | April 14, 2021

Natalie Portman is your new Ferrante heroine.

By Dan Sheehan | April 13, 2021

Soon you’ll be able to vacation at Jane Austen’s country estate . . . in a cowshed.

By Walker Caplan | April 13, 2021

I'm obsessed with Liu Ye's gorgeous, photorealistic paintings of books.

I'm obsessed with Liu Ye's gorgeous, photorealistic paintings of books.

By Emily Temple | April 13, 2021

Eloghosa Osunde has won <em>The Paris Review</em>’s 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction.

Eloghosa Osunde has won The Paris Review’s 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction.

By Walker Caplan | April 13, 2021

Of course Boris Johnson is a huge <em>Tintin</em> fan.

Of course Boris Johnson is a huge Tintin fan.

By Jonny Diamond | April 13, 2021

Check out the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel, <em>Beautiful World, Where Are You</em>.

Check out the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You.

By Emily Temple | April 13, 2021

What the Pandemic Showed Us About a Certain Kind of New Yorker

What the Pandemic Showed Us About a Certain Kind of New Yorker

Emily Raboteau on What It Means to Share Urban Space

By Emily Raboteau | April 13, 2021

Leaning into Mystery: On the Inner Life of an Aging<br> Shelter Dog

Leaning into Mystery: On the Inner Life of an Aging
Shelter Dog

JoAnne Tompkins Considers the Resilience, Strength, and Companionship of a Beloved Pet

By JoAnne Tompkins | April 13, 2021

Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How “The King of the World’s Booksellers” Produced Manuscripts

Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How “The King of the World’s Booksellers” Produced Manuscripts

Ross King on the Laborious Process of Bookmaking in the 15th Century

By Ross King | April 13, 2021

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