All the fuss about the publication of Vladimir Nabokov’s last “novel” was pointless. The book is just a collection of notes that’s been cleverly marketed, says Nathaniel Rich.
Nationally syndicated cartoonist and musician Jeffrey Koterba describes how the disease has been his artistic muse—even if it does lead to the occasional embarrassing outburst.
The president’s visit to China was seen as failure, but what if that was just the new standard? Martin Jacques on why the U.S. must get used to decline—and learn humility.
Nixon’s victory over Helen Gahagan Douglas was one of the nastiest in history. In an exclusive excerpt from The Pink Lady, Sally Denton revisits the infamous Senate campaign.
This week a research scientist was unmasked as blogger Belle de Jour, inspiration for Showtime's Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Olivia Cole on a sex scandal's surprisingly happy ending.
'Tricky Dick' vs. the Pink Lady
This week a research scientist was unmasked as blogger Belle de Jour, inspiration for Showtime's Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Olivia Cole on a sex scandal's surprisingly happy ending.
From fallen angels to zombies, publishers and movie producers are on the hunt for the next big young adult series that will dominate the market. The Daily Beast’s Shannon Donnelly on the top six candidates.
Sarah Palin’s account of her infamous interview with “the perky one” is not the whole story. Shushannah Walshe on what Going Rogue gets wrong about the TV showdown that doomed her.
Can you tell the difference between Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue and Danielle Steel’s No. 1 bestselling novel Rogue? Take our quiz.
A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: the books soldiers take to war, how the French resistance was paid for, and what makes good music.
Thomas Paine gets a nod in Going Rogue, and Sarah Palin's not the only conservative who loves this American revolutionary. But the right has him—and their American history—all wrong, writes historian Harvey Kaye.
A new history of MI5 contains revelations straight from the spy agency's files, from bungling the Irish troubles to Hitler's thoughts on Chamberlain.
PEN American Center has written a letter to President Obama asking him to help pressure the Chinese authorities to release a Tiananmen dissident, writer, and activist. Read more about the case.
The Alaska governor’s new memoir will have no index, robbing D.C. insiders of their favorite game: seeing their names in print. Samuel P. Jacobs on the death of the “Washington Read.”
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