Oh, Bret Easton Ellis. You old lightning rod. The Gen X nihilist known for anchoring the literary Brat Pack and depicting depraved superficial youth is shifting his talents to television. With the help of—who else?—our favorite chaos agent, Ryan Murphy. Read more >
Today, J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye turns 75. Despite mixed early reviews, the book quickly became a touchstone of American literature, and an icon of American culture in general. It has been referenced in countless other forms of Read more >
It’s a story we just can’t seem to quit. From antiquity to outer space, literature and film are filled with scrappy adventurers struggling to get home. This week, Christopher Nolan cashes in on that safe narrative bet with a new Read more >
The July fiction continues: Julie Buntin’s much anticipated follow-up to Marlena is out today, Sigrid Nunez’s new collection drops, along with Jem Calder’s I Want You To Be Happy. There’s a multitude of nonfiction as well, such as Pamela Colloff’s Read more >
Today, the DAG Foundation announced the winners of its second annual DAG Prizes, which award $20,000 each to a visual artist, a writer, and a musician “whose work expands the possibilities for American art.” In particular, the DAG Prize for Read more >
In the early 1970s, the producer Albert R. Broccoli commissioned the artist Salvador Dalí to make a tarot deck for the upcoming James Bond film Live and Let Die. Based on Ian Fleming’s 1954 novel of the same name, Live Read more >
At the time of her death in 2019, the late Mary Oliver was one of the most successful American poets to ever publish. She wrote dozens of collections, and several highly quotable bangers that a reader would be as likely Read more >
Today in London a who’s who of the literary world will be observing what may be the inaugural memorial day for the late playwright Tom Stoppard. Celebrations center around the renaming of the Duke of York’s theatre in Stoppard’s honor Read more >
At presses small and large, it’s another great week for the labor movement in publishing. As of this afternoon, the University of Chicago Press Workers Guild (UCPWG) has won their union election, with a majority of the group’s 134 members Read more >
Usually when I hear about a party thrown by the most famous person in the world, I don’t immediately assume that someone like me should be there. What does make me think that delusional thought is when the guest list Read more >
It’s July, and it’s time to be absolutely inundated with summer novels. This week, we’re treated to the new book by North Woods author Daniel Mason, Country People, the hotly anticipated debut novel by Emeline Atwood, A Real Animal, and Read more >
A U.K. crafter came under fire this weekend when parents discovered that his handmade hedgehogs had been assembled with pages from an erotic novel. As The Guardian reported, the unidentified hobbyist made his “little creations” from donated books, often to Read more >
Happy (belated) 250th, America! We’re not exactly in the party mood this rainy Monday, but que sera. This weekend brought Washington a militaristic display, and most states a conundrum: how do we celebrate a country that is actively furthering a Read more >
Have you heard? A24 is taking over Hollywood. Possibly the world. The indie company that initially marketed itself as the edgy underdog has become a pillar/last bastion of extra-Marvel movies. No longer so scrappy, the gang of cinephiles that’s likely Read more >
You win, Veggie Tales. The Bible is officially making its way into the Texas public school curriculum. This decision comes after the Republican-led State Board of Education approved a new mandatory reading list on Friday, in a decision that also Read more >
As we go easing into the holiday weekend, there’s a smaller batch of releases: though the ones that are here, are ones that count. Jenny Jackson’s next hotly anticipated novel, The Shampoo Effect, is perfectly in time for a beachy Read more >
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