“The Woman Upstairs”: Rage of a frustrated artist
A teacher becomes obsessed with a charismatic family in Claire Messud's fierce portrait of thwarted creativity
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A teacher becomes obsessed with a charismatic family in Claire Messud's fierce portrait of thwarted creativity
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:00 PM UTCReddit got it all wrong. So why do we all think we have the expertise to solve crimes after watching "CSI"?
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 11A great food writer considers the deeper meanings of turning food into meals
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 14An expert explains the mystique of Chechen insurgents but says it makes no sense for them to attack the U.S.
Saturday, Apr 20, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 53A lilting narration for Jim Crace's dark, eternal story of a village that turns on itself
Friday, Apr 19, 2013 6:40 PM UTCA woman descended from the fabled Astor clan describes growing up among eccentric artists in a crumbling mansion
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 10:00 PM UTCWhy? It's not a question of cuteness. Cats are simply funnier than dogs, while dogs are more eager to please us
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 23The true story of man who raised an orphan to be his ideal woman -- and got more than he bargained for
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 13Think the royals in "Game of Thrones" are wicked? Check out the real-life bad guys of the Middle Ages
Friday, Apr 5, 2013 10:25 PM UTC 35Guy Gavriel Kay's exquisite Asian-inspired epic fantasy offers a fresh twist on intrigue and adventure
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 9:20 PM UTCKate Atkinson's new novel follows the multiple lives of an Englishwoman trying to get her own story just right
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM UTCA novel within a novel is a clever touch, but are postmodern writers abusing their readers' patience?
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 14How the first scientist to bag a gorilla was plunged into the historic battles over evolution and race
Sunday, Mar 24, 2013 10:00 PM UTCMohsin Hamid's narration of his novel about a ruthless striver demonstrates the universal appeal of great fiction
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 7:00 PM UTCSelf-publishing fans and the tech-obsessed keep getting it wrong: Big authors want to be in print -- and bookstores
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 70A daughter of the South says the region is changing more than even those who live there realize
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 10:30 PM UTC 60From Paula Fox to Richard Yates, literary rediscoveries are in vogue. The latest model is wry satirist Barbara Pym
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 12:00 AM UTCAn evolutionary biologist explains why everything you think you know about cavemen (and their diet) is wrong
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 99A $50 million donation to creative writing programs is a misplaced effort to foster literary culture
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 8:53 PM UTC 17Audiobooks helped me find the time to reread T.H. White's magnificent "The Once and Future King"
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 8:00 PM UTCPage 2 of 47 in Laura Miller