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Inside the Tumultuous Artistic Partnership of McDermott & McGough

Artist Peter McGough's book "I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going" documents a bygone artistic scene

This Is the Popular Novel You're Least Likely to Finish

An analysis of abandoned novels on Goodreads finds a surprising 2019 "winner"

The 7 New Books You Should Be Reading This January

Zora Neale Hurston, a seminal investigation of male sexuality and the Japanese art of living in the moment

The Best Movies, TV, Books and Music for January

To start, this will be the greatest “Jeopardy” match ever

An Affordable Way to Own a Rare Work by David Hockney

"My Window" pulls together the artist's iPhone and iPad drawings

Barack Obama Shares His Favorite Books of 2019

The former president continued his annual tradition of sharing his favorite reads

The 19 Best Photo Books of 2019

You don't need a coffee table to appreciate these books

15th Century Pope Wrote Erotic Novel

Turns out Pope Pius II had an interesting side gig.

How Did We Become So Horny for Cats?

Tom Hooper's adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is the latest entry in a storied tradition of cat smut

Is the “Game of Thrones” Guys’ H.P. Lovecraft Movie Flawed From the Start?

Centering a story about the famed and controversial writer makes things tricky

Original Manuscript of “Peter Pan” Offers a Darker Narrative

A new edition of an old manuscript revisits literary history

Michael Chabon’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” Coming to Showtime

Part of an overall CBS Television deal with Chabon and Ayelet Waldman

Revisiting the 1970s Cookbook Designed for Orgies

The story behind the book may be more surreal than the book itself

The 15 Best Gifts for Culture Hounds

If you've already exhausted all your Baby Yoda merch options, try one of these.

Did the KGB Murder Albert Camus?

One writer’s complex legacy gets even more complicated