One of the Greatest English Prose Writers of All Time?

One of the Greatest English Prose Writers of All Time?

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Kate Beaton Applies Her Graphic Genius to the Tyranny of Babies

Kate Beaton Applies Her Graphic Genius to the Tyranny of Babies

The Hark, a Vagrant! Creator Knows Her Audience

By Noah Berlatsky | September 13, 2016

How My Grandmother's Cookbook Made Me a Writer

How My Grandmother's Cookbook Made Me a Writer

On Cooking, Rosh Hashanah, and Inhabiting a Fictive World

By Michelle Brafman | September 13, 2016

Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

A preview of the Largest Mystery Fan Convention in the US

By Lisa Levy | September 13, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Families, Fetuses, and Foer

Five Books Making News This Week: Families, Fetuses, and Foer

John Freeman, Ian McEwan, Here I Am, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | September 13, 2016

On the Celibate Love Affair of Nora Ephron and Mike Nichols

On the Celibate Love Affair of Nora Ephron and Mike Nichols

Richard Cohen Remembers a Power Couple That Never Was

By Richard Cohen | September 12, 2016

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A Literary Long Weekend in Los Angeles

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How Being a Bookseller Made Me a Better Writer

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Stephanie LaCava Talks to the Author of When in French: Love in a Second Language

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Why You Should Hate Football (But Will Watch It Anyway)

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Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

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On the Death of a Young Poet and the Limits of Imagination

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