Stephenie Meyer says “traditional romance” books are “too smutty”
The "Twilight" author doesn't read erotica, either
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 7:45 PM UTCEntertainment Twilight, el james
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Entertainment Twilight, el james
I took my dead father to a Red Sox game
New fiction about living with the man who raised you, long after he's gone
Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 3:00 PM UTCLife Fiction, Baseball, Sports
Back to the Round Table
Audiobooks helped me find the time to reread T.H. White's magnificent "The Once and Future King"
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, Audiobooks, Fiction
Sam Lipsyte’s latest: Less than the sum of its “Fun Parts”
In his new collection of short stories, the author of "The Ask" amuses himself -- and only occasionally his reader
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 7:58 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books
Too embarrassed to be sexy?
Literary novelists go into great detail about family, the workplace, even food -- but seem to fear the bedroom
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 25Entertainment Writers and Writing
PEN/Faulkner Award finalists announced
Five nominees, including "Watergate" and "Kind One" are up for the fiction award
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 7:40 PM UTCEntertainment Fiction, Books
Pakistan: Not just India’s unhinged sister
Mohsin Hamid discusses his new "self-help" novel, illuminating the beauty of a land we see only as a danger zone
Friday, Mar 1, 2013 6:50 PM UTCEntertainment Books, literature, Pakistan
National Book Critics Circle’s 2013 awards announced
Winners include debut novelist Ben Fountain and seasoned LBJ biographer Robert Caro
Friday, Mar 1, 2013 3:40 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Awards
“True Grit” and beyond
A stellar new recording of "Norwood" has me asking why I waited so long to read Charles Portis
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, Audiobooks, Fiction
Sorry, the short story boom is bogus
The New York Times touts the Internet's role in reviving interest in short fiction. Too bad it's not true
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 31Entertainment Fiction, New York Times
“The Dinner”: The Dutch answer to “Gone Girl”? Maybe not, but no less thrilling
Two couples meet at a fancy restaurant in this fiendish and merciless international best-seller
Monday, Feb 18, 2013 12:00 AM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Fiction, The Dinner
Philip Roth’s retirement lesson
The author hung it up when he lost his unreasonable devotion to writing fiction -- and inspired me to follow suit
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 12:39 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, Art, Fiction
At long last, Donna Tartt is publishing a new novel!
Her first book in 11 years — her third — entitled "The Goldfinch," is coming out in October
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 9:17 PM UTCEntertainment donna tartt, little, brown
The psychopath’s lament
The narrator of Lydia Cooper's "My Second Death" has antisocial personality disorder. But how crazy is she, really?
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, Audiobooks
Meet the Flannery O’Connor of the Internet age
Ellen Ullman's brilliant "By Blood" reveals that her gothic sensibilities aren't limited to computers
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 12:59 AM UTCEntertainment Ellen Ullman, By Blood, Internet
My New Year’s resolution: To read Proust
Long daunted by the French master's seven-book masterpiece, I vow to finish it this year on audio
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 5:04 PM UTCEntertainment Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
“Tenth of December”: Bard of the wage slaves
George Saunders' new book offers savagely satirical tales from the viewpoint of the downtrodden Everyman
Monday, Jan 7, 2013 2:00 AM UTC 15Entertainment Books, Editor's Picks, Fiction
Tim O’Brien tries to make sense of wartime chaos
Before writing "The Things They Carried," O'Brien offered this profound memoir of his year fighting in Vietnam
Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, tim o'brien, Fiction
Journalists behaving badly
In a new recording of Evelyn Waugh's wickedly funny satire "Scoop," the press descends on an African backwater
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Fiction, Audiobooks
Five books I bailed on in 2012
Salon's book critic dishes on the popular titles she kicked to the curb this year VIDEO
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 2:00 AM UTC 16Entertainment Books, Fiction, Nonfiction
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