Two Explorations of Parenthood Win Slate’s Cartoonist Studio Prize

April 16, 2019 9:00 AM

Sally Rooney’s Normal People Excels at the Thing Novels Do Better Than Any Other Art Form

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April 15, 2019 12:34 PM

The Best Star Wars Character of This Millennium Is a Lesbian Archaeologist

Alan Scherstuhl

April 12, 2019 8:30 AM

How Beverly Cleary Transformed Her Harsh Childhood Into the Heartwarming Ramona Stories

Sarah Jaffe

April 11, 2019 7:30 AM

The First Section of Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise Had to Be Kind of Bad for the Novel to Be So Good

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April 09, 2019 2:45 PM

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Is the Star of This Dishy Tell-All About The View

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April 05, 2019 12:36 PM

Is Therapy Only for People With “Real” Problems?

Susan Matthews

April 02, 2019 11:00 AM

How Humor Makes a Poem Especially Alive

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March 27, 2019 12:18 PM

On Toni Morrison and Black Difficulty

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March 26, 2019 5:45 AM

The Bird King Offers a Rare, Thrilling Portrayal of Platonic Love Fiercer Than Its Erotic Counterparts

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March 22, 2019 4:01 PM

Kathryn Davis Is the Most Original Novelist in America

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March 18, 2019 9:00 AM

The Year’s Best Comics Are on the Cartoonist Studio Prize Nominations List

March 11, 2019 4:56 PM

Helen Oyeyemi’s Dark, Rich Fairy Tale Is About an Island That Turns Its Back on the World. Sound Familiar?

Laura Miller

March 06, 2019 9:00 AM

What to Expect When You Were Expecting in Early Modern England

Lindsay Patterson

Feb 28, 2019 5:30 AM

Maria Popova’s Move From the Internet to Print Misses Its Connections

Laura Miller

Feb 27, 2019 3:00 PM

Can David Wallace-Wells Scare Us Into Addressing Climate Change?

Susan Matthews

Feb 15, 2019 4:15 PM

Marlon James’ Fantasy Trilogy Is a Delirious Smoothie of Influences and Tributes

Laura Miller

Feb 12, 2019 7:30 AM

In Praise of Candlepin Bowling—or, as New Englanders Call It, Real Bowling

Elizabeth McCracken

Feb 05, 2019 8:00 AM

Jill Abramson and the Church of Facts

Laura Miller

Jan 31, 2019 6:14 PM

Help! My Husband Was Baked Into a Pie by a Farmer and Now My Son Peter Is Stealing His Vegetables!

Emma Span

Jan 31, 2019 10:00 AM