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George Saunders at a book signing in Florida in 2017

Aaron Regunberg

George Saunders: “It’s an Agitating Book for a Lot of People”

A lightly spoiler-filled conversation with the author about his new novel, Vigil, climate change, and redemption.

A photo illustration of four fish bowls each with an person's eye peering through the negative shape of a goldfish

The Generation That Got Stuck in Lockdown

The millennials in Andrew Martin’s new novel, Down Time, are treading water: caught between youth and age, breaking up, and settling down.

DTF St Louis Is an Utterly Original Drama of Male Loneliness

Jason Bateman and David Harbour play best friends Clark and Floyd in DTF St. Louis.

DTF St Louis Is an Utterly Original Drama of Male Loneliness

Books & the Arts

A photograph of Tom Junod’s father, Lou, on the steps of their home in Wantagh, New York, in the early 1960s. Lou wanted this photograph to be shown at his funeral, so mourners would remember him in his “prime".

Mychal Denzel Smith

My Father, the Midcentury Man—With a Lifetime of Secrets

Tom Junod wrestles with his father’s ideal of masculinity, and how to unlearn it.

Watching The Pitt at the End of an Era for HBO

An overstretched emergency department and TV network have a surprising amount in common.