Larry McMurtry: How I Write

by Noah Charney Apr 24, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

‘Lonesome Dove,’ ‘Terms of Endearment,’ ‘The Last Picture Show’—which of the films based on his... MORE

Madbeth

by Liesl Schillinger Apr 23, 2013 5:33 PM EDT

What will he do next, Liesl Schillinger thought, as she watched Alan Cumming play almost every role... MORE

Fred Kaplan: The Task of the Biographer

Apr 23, 2013 4:09 PM EDT

The biographer of Gore Vidal, Henry James, and Charles Dickens, among others, records the shape of... MORE

The Terms of Terror

by William Giraldi Apr 23, 2013 3:30 PM EDT

Evil, senseless, silver linings—these are the words we tossed around last week.... MORE

World Book Night Gives Out Half a Million Books

Apr 23, 2013 2:59 PM EDT

Along with dozens of events nationwide. MORE

Author E.L. Konigsburg Dies at 83

Apr 23, 2013 2:41 PM EDT

She is the author of the 1967 classic children’s book From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.... MORE

15 Revelations From Morning Wars

by The Daily Beast Apr 23, 2013 12:05 PM EDT

The New York Times might have trashed its own Brian Stelter’s book, but there is still plenty of... MORE

Isabel Allende’s Influences

by Isabel Allende Apr 23, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

The Chilean magical realism writer shares the books that have influenced her the most.... MORE

Cook to Survive

by Rachel Khong Apr 23, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Michael Pollan talks to Rachel Khong about why the way we cook is even more important than what we... MORE

Amanda Knox: ‘I Was Determined to Help Myself’

Apr 22, 2013 3:05 PM EDT

In a new memoir, she describes the night of Meredith Kercher’s murder, her reaction, her time in... MORE

This Week’s Hot Reads

by Mythili Rao Apr 22, 2013 2:38 PM EDT

This week, from the songbirds of rural Indiana to the forgotten gothic literature of Russia. MORE

Turning to Tolstoy

by Liesl Schillinger Apr 22, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

As the Boston manhunt blared from TVs, critic Liesl Schillinger found herself turning to Tolstoy’s... MORE