dark and darker
With “Stella Maris,” the novelist unloads the second volley in the double-barreled publication of two paired novels this fall.
Nick Romeo is a regular contributor to The Daily Beast. His journalism and criticism has also appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Republic,The Times Literary Supplement, The Boston Globe, Slate, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, National Geographic, and many other venues.
strange brew
Part crime story, part metaphysical exploration, the Pulitzer-prize-winning author’s first novel since “The Road” is a fascinating but sometimes uneasy mash-up of styles and ideas.
HI YO SILVER AND GOLD
When the super-rich descended upon Teton County, they gushed about its natural beauty. They had less to say about the locals who got pushed out of paradise.
USELESS
In ‘Bullshit Jobs,’ the anthropologist David Graeber ticks off the many ways in which people feel they waste their lives from 9 to 5.
LAUREATE
The 2017 winner of the literary world’s highest honor sat down with Nick Romeo in 2015. The indefatigable novelist was the very definition of reader-friendly.
BEAT THE REAPER
Silicon Valley big shots like Sergey Brin and Peter Thiel are obsessed with immortality, and historian Yuval Harari's new book plays right into their fantasy.
Seduction
We should’ve listened to Plato, and Aristotle, too, for that matter: They warned us that skilled orators feed our craving for what sounds good but leads to a post-fact world.
GET ACTIVE
The venerable environmentalist organization has been around for 125 years, battling all sorts of politicians, but its leaders call Trump’s election an ‘extreme challenge.’
Ancient and Modern
Greece’s economic collapse and social disarray make the country ripe for satire, which helps explain why a centuries-old comedy by Aristophanes is a big hit there this summer.
HAPPY HOUR
If time is money, then female workers should be off the clock at 3 p.m.