I’m old enough to remember when novelists were big-time. When I was in college in the 1980s, new novels from Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, ...

I’m old enough to remember when novelists were big-time. When I was in college in the 1980s, new novels from Philip Roth, ...

I would tell a different story about the decline of literary fiction, and it is a story about social pressure and conformity.

His approach has arguably encouraged the unitary model of authorship that it sought to avoid, giving rise to ongoing ...

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Rebecca Lucy Taylor (a.k.a Self Esteem) is curating a day at the 2025 London Literature Festival. Find all the details here.

Over a century after Coco Chanel founded her label in Paris, the French fashion house is making a foray into the boutique ...

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Retellings and reimaginings are having a moment in the publishing industry as readers can’t seem to get enough of them. Mixing newer releases with popular and beloved adaptations, this list offers ...

I can’t wait for Peele—with his abundant gifts, black-nerd smarts, comprehensive cinematic fandom, and complex personal experience—to go deeper in, and out the other side. Zadie Smith, a contributing ...