The Books Briefing: Foodie Culture Will Change Again
Cookbooks and food memoirs to take you into post-pandemic life: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The Brilliance in Francis Bacon’s Early Failures
A new biography of the painter sheds light on a little-known period of his life: the time he spent working as an interior designer.
The Real Reason Republicans Couldn’t Kill Obamacare
Democrats did the work, Republicans didn’t—and that says a lot about the two parties.
Ode to Tortillas
A poem for Sunday
The Books Briefing: The Techno-Future Is Now
What’s passed and what’s yet to come: Your weekly guide to the best in books
When Did Following Recipes Become a Personal Failure?
Sam Sifton’s exciting, but daunting, invitation to improvise
How an Epic and Violent Family History Fuels Fiction
Paul Yoon on writing to recover what’s lost to the past
Person of Korea
A short story
The Relentless Philip Roth
In his life as in his fiction, the author pursued the shameful, the libidinous, the repellent.
The Books Briefing: Meghan Markle’s Story Is Devastating and Familiar
The many people the monarchy has hurt: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Literature’s Original Bad Bitch Is Back
Sister Souljah, the author of The Coldest Winter Ever, a formative work of “street lit,” returns with a sequel after 22 years.
Black Erasure
A poem for Sunday
The Books Briefing: Gender Equality Is Valuable but Vague
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The Radiant Inner Life of a Robot
Kazuo Ishiguro returns to masters and servants with a story of love between a machine and the girl she belongs to.
What Happened to Jordan Peterson?
Adored guru and reviled provocateur, he dropped out of sight. Now the irresistible ordeal of modern cultural celebrity has brought him back.
The Lie at the Heart of the Western
Revisionist novels are sweeping away some of the literary genre’s most calcified myths.
Against the Parts of Me That Think They Know Anything
A poem for Sunday
The Books Briefing: The Many Sides of Loneliness
Time alone can offer a restorative pause; it can also just feel lonely: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The Books Briefing: The Works That Changed Our Understanding of America
Exploring the ideas that shape our national life: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Extremely Online and Wildly Out of Control
Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel explores the mind, and heart, of an internet-addled protagonist.