Revisiting the Tragic Life of "Lolita" Star Sue Lyon
A haunting look at cinematic history
A Chat With Helen Macdonald About Her New Book, “Vesper Flights”
Macdonald talks action movies, nature writing and book covers from her home in rural England
What John Steinbeck Got Right — And Wrong — About America 50 Years Ago
A talk with the Nobel Prize winner's biographer about the writer's 1960 drive across the country
An Original Copy of Shakespeare’s First Full Collection Sold for $10 Million at Auction
The price set a record for a First Folio copy
How Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang Became Menswear Icons
From vintage sweatshirts to four-figure watches, Charles Schulz's creations have serious style
You Might Not Know Peter Mendelsund, But You Probably Own a Piece of His Art
He's responsible for some of the most iconic book covers in recent history, but he's much more than just a designer
Mark Gonzales, The Most Influential Skateboarder of All-Time, Gets His Due
InsideHook talks with Mark Gonzales about a new book that looks at his entire career
New Evidence Suggests Soviets Surveilled George Orwell During Spanish Civil War
It may change how you read "Homage to Catalonia"
Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon Has Book Scheduled for Release This Week
"No Icon" will be published by Rizzoli
New York Review of Books Buys Milton Glaser's Townhouse
Now that's a literal NYRB classic
Poet Louise Glück Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Glück is the first female poet to receive the prize since 1996
An Ode to the 100 Most “Impossible” Whiskies to Ever Walk the Earth
Clay Risen’s new book champions the finest and rarest of brown spirits
Phil Klay Breathes New Life Into the Great Tradition of Writing About War
In "Missionaries," the former Marine levels his sights on the decades-long civil war in Colombia
Non-Binary Writer Akwaeke Emezi Slams Women’s Prize for Fiction for Transphobia
Emezi says they will no longer submit their work after being asked to provide information about their sex "as defined by law"
Men (Not Just Women) Want Emotional Intimacy in Relationships
An obvious but often ignored truth is that men also have emotional needs in relationships, and they can often go unmet
This Book of Erotic Puns Might Just Be the New “Joy of Sex”
In "Carnal Knowledge: Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School," the images are colorful in more ways than one