Scars
A short story
Fiction
The First Draft of Cultural History
Lena Dunham’s new memoir is a fascinating primary source of Hollywood in the 2010s.
If You Want a Better World, Act Like You Live in It
We’ve had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident.
The Publishing Mystery That No One Wants to Talk About
A minimally speaking autistic man just wrote a best-selling book. Or did he?
Six Books That Simply Must Be Talked About
These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club.
Nine Books to Reset Your View of the World
Each of these titles will widen your perspective, offering you original insight and vision.
Seven Books to Read When You Have No Time to Read
These titles are worth picking up, even if you have only a moment to spare.
Six Books You Can Get Lost In
These novels highlight the power—both good and bad—of unchecked fantasizing.
A Daughter's House
At twenty-one she had wanted what her daughter now had—the nobility of art and the charm of poverty
Moscow Nights
Since his parents’ divorce Jonathan ‘s mother had begun to confide in him—things he did not particularly want to hear
Yellow Jackets
He was wary of the hornets, but knew the wasps to be his mortal enemy
Westward Without Clementine
This wasn’t any way to go through life, meeting her naked, boom in love, boom broken up
Two More Days
Alicia and Brian would soon be married—if she could overcome some personal misgivings about the wisdom of that plan
Things Not Seen
He loved his wife and daughter, but they were slipping away, captives of memory and apprehension