Six writers talk about truthiness in nonfiction.
April 15th, 2012
Mark Haskell Smith on the flawlessness of David Mitchell.
April 15th, 2012
On two new books about the culture of marijuana.
April 2nd, 2012
Books by Wallace Stroby, Alison Gaylin, Joe R. Lansdale, Hilary Davidson, Chris F. Holm, and Robert Silverberg.
March 31st, 2012
"Why?" is a question that hounds anyone trying to make sense of the violence against women in Guatemala.
March 29th, 2012
It is not necessarily a value judgment, then, to say that narrative is, very simply, what Mad Men is about.
March 25th, 2012
The blurring of lines between the digital realm and reality, especially in a time of war, has very real psychological effects.
March 22nd, 2012
The moment came when the essay began to confuse itself with the article…
March 18th, 2012
if you self-publish, you’re branded a sinner of sorts.
March 17th, 2012
Let’s say it’s 1978 and you are Dan J. Marlowe, once one of the hottest suspense novelists of your day
March 10th, 2012
Racial difference was an integral part of Linsanity since the beginning and, as the phenomenon grew, the issue would continue to snowball.
March 6th, 2012
Russians applauded. They wanted order and didn’t mind if Putin suspended civil rights to provide it.
March 4th, 2012
Bainbridge’s point is that modernity will tell us little and the people who record it, even less.
March 3rd, 2012
In truth, it is the ones who uncritically embrace new technical innovations that are being naïve and idealistic.
March 3rd, 2012
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