Curtis Sittenfeld: “It’s not my primary goal to make my characters likable”
The author of "Sisterland" and "Prep" talks to Salon about pretty covers and literary gossip
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment curtis sittenfeld, sisterland
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Detroit punk pioneers rock in "A Band Called Death," and "Under the Dome" is a creepy, kinky take on Stephen King
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
Sex, Spider-Man and the hubris of being a writer
Sarah Bruni, Adelle Waldman, Alissa Nutting and Periel Aschenbrand talk about writing in very few words
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:00 AM UTCLife Books, periel aschenbrand
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Scandinavian entertainment wins our critics' acclaim, with "The Hijacking" and "The Bridge" high on the to-do's
Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
Stephen King’s biggest fear is Alzheimer’s
The novelist revealed this and more in an AMA on Reddit
Friday, Jun 21, 2013 2:30 PM UTCEntertainment Stephen King, The Shining, Novels
Will reading make you rich?
Researchers claim reading fiction bestows marketable skills. That's not really what it's for ...
Friday, Jun 21, 2013 11:44 AM UTC 18Entertainment Books, Readers and Reading
John Horne Burns: The writer Hemingway and Vidal envied
"The Gallery" was among the first (and best) novels about gay life in the military. Its author has an amazing story
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 12:00 AM UTCLife History, World War II, Gay Rights
The best (and the weirdest) of “Game of Thrones” fanfiction
Missing the show? Take to the Internet!
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 11:59 PM UTCEntertainment Game of Thrones, fanfiction
“The Ocean at the End of the Lane”: Neil Gaiman returns
In his first adult novel in eight years, the master of modern fantasy tells the story of a lonely, bookish boy
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 9:15 PM UTC 36Entertainment Books, What to Read
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Love and suffering plagues the Brangelina of the Big Top, and a recap of an epic "Game of Thrones" season finale
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
Study: Reading novels makes us better thinkers
New research says reading literary fiction helps people embrace ambiguous ideas and avoid snap judgments
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 28Entertainment Pacific Standard, Fiction, study
“We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves”: Growing up primate
Karen Joy Fowler's funny, powerful novel of human-animal relations finds its ideal audiobook narrator
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, The Listener, Audiobooks
Today in silly book reviews: Let’s all fight about Alice Munro
The veteran writer's now enough of an institution to inspire takedowns. She doesn't deserve them
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 8:15 PM UTC 19Entertainment Alice Munro, Books, Fiction
A.M. Homes: “We still live in a world where the work of male writers dominates”
The American writer won the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction, beating writers like Zadie Smith and Hilary Mantel
Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 3:30 PM UTCEntertainment Books, women, Writing, literature
Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics
When Rachel Kushner -- not a venerable male auteur -- writes the Great American Novel, male reviewers are flummoxed
Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 81Life Books, Fiction, Rachel Kushner
Bret Easton Ellis interviews Matthew Specktor: People in L.A. aren’t afraid to read
The great L.A. novelists talk literary fame, Ellis' Twitter obsession, and Specktor's ace "American Dream Machine"
Sunday, Jun 2, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 12Entertainment Books, Editor's Picks, Fiction
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"East" is the morally complex eco-terrorist movie you've been waiting for, and "The Killing" comes back
Saturday, Jun 1, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
“The Golem and the Jinni”: Magic in the New World
A master narrator reads a tale of two creatures from folklore making new lives in turn-of-the-century Manhattan
Thursday, May 30, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, Books, Audiobooks
What’s 2013′s “Gone Girl”? Here are this summer’s best reads
Why settle for the latest Dan Brown, when you can while away the dog days with these stylish page-turners?
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:30 PM UTC 14Entertainment Books, What to Read, Fiction
So long, Sookie Stackhouse
The final volume of Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries series does right by a beloved character
Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, Audiobooks, Fiction
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