Extremely Online and Wildly Out of Control
Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel explores the mind, and heart, of an internet-addled protagonist.
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Amazon Has Transformed the Geography of Wealth and Power
Understanding America in the giant company’s shadow
Tom Stoppard’s Double Life
For Britain’s leading postwar playwright, virtuosity and uncertainty go hand in hand.
A Novel That Captures the Allure of the Scam
Chang-rae Lee’s My Year Abroad is a sprawling study of consumption—and how far people are willing to go to satisfy their hunger.
The Real Legacy of the Suffrage Movement
The cause produced undaunted trailblazers, Black and white, who continued to pursue social reform.
Uncovering the Cultural Revolution’s Awful Truths
Rebel historians chronicle a past that the Chinese Communist Party grows ever more intent on erasing.
How Civilization Broke Our Brains
What can hunter-gatherer societies teach us about work, time, and happiness?
The Legacy of a Comic Master
In Inside Story, Martin Amis's final novel, the comic master delights, infuriates, and secures his legacy.
Whitewashing the Great Depression
How the preeminent photographic record of the period excluded people of color from the nation’s self-image
The Many Lives of Adrienne Rich
Praised by W. H. Auden as neat and modest, she vowed to be passionate and radical instead.