In “Keats at Twenty-four,” your story in this week’s issue of The New Yorker, a nameless middle-aged writer seems to have come to something of a halt. Let’s start with the title.... Read more »
Sally Rooney: In the middle of November, as the catastrophe in Gaza intensified, I was asked to take part in a public event with the British-Palestinian author Isabella Hammad. We were invited... Read more »
In 2018, JM Dalgliesh was a stay-at-home father when he sent his first crime novel to six literary agents, only to receive polite rejection letters – or no response at all. Refusing... Read more »
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly Books & Fiction newsletter. Caleb Crain reads his story “Keats at Twenty-four,” from the... Read more »
Date and Time October 26, 20232:00–3:00 p.m. ET Location Virtual or in-person at the Neuroscience Center building, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 Overview During this lecture, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D. will discuss the... Read more »
Earlier this year, Waterstones Dad enjoyed a brief but burning moment in the sun. The description, coined by Gavin Jacobson in the New Statesman, referred to a very specific type of man... Read more »
John J Lennon writes for the Atlantic, the New York Times, the New Yorker and Esquire. He’s also serving a life sentence in prison. Each day, he wakes up and sits on... Read more »
In an essay that accompanied the 2021 exhibit “Speechless: The Art of Wordless Picture Books,” at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, the children’s-book author David Wiesner laid down milestones... Read more »
October 27, 2023 • Feature Story • 75th Anniversary At a Glance Treatment-resistant depression affects nearly 3 million people in the United States. While monoaminergic antidepressants have been around for years, they... Read more »