writers

Joan Didion's NYC Apartment Is For Sale For $7.5 Million

Doesn't look like a bad place to write at all

Did a Romance Novelist Fake Her Own Death?

An especially surreal literary scandal

What Was It Like to Edit J.D. Salinger?

A candid array of correspondence emerges

One Science Fiction Author’s Tech Predictions for 2023

Robin Sloan has some intriguing recommendations

Journalist Grant Wahl Dies While Covering World Cup in Qatar

Wahl had been highly critical of the tournament's organizers

Legendary Travel Writer and Editor Don George Shares His Secrets

We caught up with the world traveler during his annual Bay Area conference

The Best Moments From the Smartest Literary Festival in the World

This year's Hay Festival was a historic meeting of the minds — and the events are still available to stream online

Sylvia Plath’s Food Diary Is… the Happiest Place on Twitter?

A Twitter account documenting Sylvia Plath's every mention of food reveals a side of the poet we rarely see

10 New Books to Read This Month

Featuring appearances by Leonard Cohen and Andy Warhol

What Can We Learn From Jack Kerouac's Archives?

The writer would have been 100 this week

Noted Conservative Humorist P.J. O'Rourke Dies at 74

Maintaining a hilarious disdain for almost all politicians of any stripe led O'Rourke to be embraced by the likes of "Rolling Stone" and NPR

New Book Traces the History and Design of Vintage Beer Mats

There's a surprising literary connection to the coasters, too

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Joan Didion's NYC Apartment Is For Sale For $7.5 Million

Doesn't look like a bad place to write at all

Did a Romance Novelist Fake Her Own Death?

An especially surreal literary scandal

What Was It Like to Edit J.D. Salinger?

A candid array of correspondence emerges

One Science Fiction Author’s Tech Predictions for 2023

Robin Sloan has some intriguing recommendations

Journalist Grant Wahl Dies While Covering World Cup in Qatar

Wahl had been highly critical of the tournament's organizers

Legendary Travel Writer and Editor Don George Shares His Secrets

We caught up with the world traveler during his annual Bay Area conference

The Best Moments From the Smartest Literary Festival in the World

This year's Hay Festival was a historic meeting of the minds — and the events are still available to stream online

Sylvia Plath’s Food Diary Is… the Happiest Place on Twitter?

A Twitter account documenting Sylvia Plath's every mention of food reveals a side of the poet we rarely see

10 New Books to Read This Month

Featuring appearances by Leonard Cohen and Andy Warhol

What Can We Learn From Jack Kerouac's Archives?

The writer would have been 100 this week

Noted Conservative Humorist P.J. O'Rourke Dies at 74

Maintaining a hilarious disdain for almost all politicians of any stripe led O'Rourke to be embraced by the likes of "Rolling Stone" and NPR

New Book Traces the History and Design of Vintage Beer Mats

There's a surprising literary connection to the coasters, too