November 5, 2025

Zadie Smith has nothing to say She is a master of self-regarding equivocation

John Maier

03.10

The corruption of Smiley’s people The vandals are at le Carré’s gates

Kathleen Stock

10.07

Why publishing loves tall tales It incentivizes fictional nonfiction

Darran Anderson

18.04

Mario Vargas Llosa’s illiberal conversion He swapped Leftism for Pinochet

Pratinav Anil

27.02

The paradox of Millennial perfection Their lives are so good they're bad

Agnes Callard

27.01

Zadie Smith's multicultural fantasy 'White Teeth' chronicles a failed project

Ralph Leonard

19.01

Why women love lesbian romance Conservative censors misunderstand its appeal

Kathleen Stock

04.10

Why should women write like men? There's nothing wrong with feeling inspired by domestic life

Margaret Drabble

29.09

Stephen King’s boomer propaganda The former anti-authoritarian was captured by Covid

Kat Rosenfield

09.06

Cormac McCarthy’s irrational apocalypse In his world, mankind is nothing without bloodshed

Park MacDougald

11.01

What’s wrong with violent fiction? Crime writers can't protect every reader's feelings

Kat Rosenfield

19.12

Beauty has become our enemy We are being punished for desiring the forbidden

David Samuels