The Original Crowdsourcer

by Josh Dzieza Apr 29, 2013 5:30 PM EDT

Does the Oxford English Dictionary belong naturally to the Internet?... MORE

Lonelyhearts Be Free Tonight

by Nathaniel Rich Apr 29, 2013 4:35 PM EDT

Nathanael West took real letters and mined them for America’s blackest novel.... MORE

This Week’s Hot Reads

by G. Clay Whittaker, Jen Vafidis Apr 29, 2013 1:54 PM EDT

From a young girl’s real-life diary of her time in a concentration camp, to John le Carré’s new... MORE

Was Salinger a Phony?

by Jimmy So Apr 29, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Early letters reveal author could be a ‘terrific liar.’ By Jimmy So. MORE

A Good Guy With a Gun

by Brian Castner Apr 27, 2013 11:00 PM EDT

Iraq war vet Brian Castner considers his own experience of returning from war and arming himself to... MORE

Something about Mary

by Mary Beth Keane Apr 27, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Who was Typhoid Mary? Was she a villain or a victim?... MORE

The Week’s Best Reads

by David Sessions Apr 27, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week. By David Sessions. MORE

Brought Up by Barbarella

by Mary Williams Apr 27, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

In ‘The Lost Daughter,‘ Mary Williams recounts how Jane Fonda helped her escape Oakland,... MORE

The Man Behind the Image

by Lynsey Addario Apr 27, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Lynsey Addario on 'Here I Am,' a new biography of the late war photographer Tim Hetherington.... MORE

A Gripe With Behavioral Economics

by Jesse Singal Apr 26, 2013 4:45 PM EDT

Nobel-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains his problem with people using the term... MORE

DeLillo Wins Inaugural Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

Apr 25, 2013 9:01 PM EDT

Will speak at National Book Festival ceremony in September. MORE

Our Anne Boleyn Obsession

by Lauren Elkin Apr 25, 2013 5:30 PM EDT

She haunts us still, through Hilary Mantel’s novels to a Showtime series. But why?... MORE