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A seated dark-haired woman in a sparkly pink dress sits with her chin on her hand in a pink room with disco balls of varying sizes scattered on the floor

Jennifer Wright on Mamie Fish, TikTok Tradwives and the Return of Gilded Excess

Wright draws a tidy line from Newport's grand soirees to the high gloss of today’s influencer culture, where attention still functions as currency.
By Jasmine Lobe
A man in a dark suit and white shirt with his hair parted in the center sits looking uncomfortable at a well-appointed table

Screening at TIFF: Agnieszka Holland’s ‘Franz’

Holland all but stops short of invoking mass-produced Che Guevara t-shirts to make her point about the vulturous ways Kafka’s work and life have been canonized.
By Siddhant Adlakha
A painting by William Blake titled Virgin and Child depicts the Madonna holding the infant Jesus, both with radiant halos and surrounded by a star-filled night sky.

Yale Center for British Art Illuminates William Blake’s Imagination in ‘Burning Bright’

The exhibition showcases the poet-artist’s inventive approaches and the vivid creativity that set him apart.
By Hudson Warm
Barry Avrich, a white man with a receding hairline (dark brown) leans on a bar wearing a brown leather jacket in a dark room

Barry Avrich Knows Everybody Loves a Fake

By Noah Berlatsky
A small miniature portrait of Jane Austen inside of an oval.

With Austenian Wit and Charm, the Morgan Library Brings the Iconic Novelist to Life in ‘A Lively Mind’

By Hudson Warm
A side-by-side photograph features two women, both wearing glasses, with Lynn Sures on the left wearing a black leather jacket outdoors with green foliage and red berries in the background, and Michelle Samour on the right wearing a black turtleneck indoors, standing in front of blue ceramic vessels with wire-like elements extending from them.

Lynn Sures and Michelle Samour On Telling the Untold Story of Colored Pulp

By Dan Duray
A book cover for The Caravaggio Syndrome, a novel by Alessandro Giardino, showing a woman with her eyes closed resting her head against a suspended, lifeless arm, with the title and author’s name in bold serif font on a maroon background and a large Baroque painting of a chaotic scene featuring the martyrdom of Saint Matthew, where an angel descends above a group of struggling figures, with a woman and child watching from above.

How Alessandro Giardino Found His First Novel in Caravaggio’s ‘The Seven Acts of Mercy’

By Dian Parker
Two men lying close together in bed, embracing as they sleep. Both have peaceful expressions, with one resting his face against the other's, capturing an intimate and serene moment.

On Photographer Peter Hujar: An Interview With Gary Schneider

By Dan Duray
Woman with short grey hair stands in front of plants

Sci-Fi Author Ursula Le Guin’s Portland Home Is Becoming a Writers Residency

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A pile of books with colorful covers

10 Must-Read Books with Quirky Female Leads You Can Finish in a Weekend

By Kathleen Levitt
A collage of two images: a book cover with a drawing of an old fashioned man and a photograph of a bald man standing outdoors

Minding the ‘Brand,’ for Better or for Worse

By Mark Goldblatt

Authors Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel on Melville, Marriage and Co-Writing ‘Dayswork’

By Scarlett Harris

The Most-Anticipated Must-Read Books of Fall 2023

By Brigid Flanagan
Side by side photos of woman and man with dark hair

Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay are the Latest Creatives to Sue Over A.I.

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A woman sits on stairs.

Losing My Ambition: A Conversation with Author Rainesford Stauffer

By Scarlett Harris

A Doppelgänger Personifies Broadly Painted Possibilities in Deborah Levy’s August Blue

By Noah Berlatsky
A book with a vibrant yellow cover hovers in front of dimly lit shelves packed with books

Jo Nesbo’s Killing Moon Is Equal Parts Brutal and Boring

By Cat Woods
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg.

A Popcorn Kernel Inspired ‘From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler’

By Alanna Martinez
Author Karl Ove Knausgaard attends the 2015 Library Lions Benefit on November 2, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by )

Karl Ove Knausgaard Is an Art Curator Now

By Alanna Martinez
Jay McInerney in egg chair.

Bright and Precious Jay McInerney

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Seth Meyers interviewing author Hanya Yanagihara

The Case for Seth Meyers: The Progressive, Literary Corner Late Night Needs

By Dana Schwartz
Elizabeth Craft and Gretchen Rubin, the co-hosts of Happier.

How Gretchen Rubin and Her ‘Happier’ Podcast Burst to the Top of iTunes

By Brady Dale
A.G. Riddle signs Departure.

Bestselling Author A.G. Riddle: More Writers Will Do Even Better With E-Books

By Brady Dale
Kristen Ashley (Courtesy photo)

E-Books Let Kristen Ashley Turn Years of Rejection Into a Self-Publishing Empire

By Brady Dale
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