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December 9, 2015
James McAuley
The Tale of the Talking Painting
Hannah Rothschild’s new novel, told from the point of view of a Watteau painting, skewers the art world.
December 9, 2015
Jeet Heer
Move over Ta-Nehisi Coates, Margaret Atwood has entered the room.
December 8, 2015
Laura Marsh
Forget Moby-Dick marathons, Russia is reading War and Peace.
December 8, 2015
Bijan Stephen
It looks like Wired found the real Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous individual who created bitcoin.
December 8, 2015
Esther Breger
“Even Twiggy Eats” is my new favorite photo caption.
December 8, 2015
Laura Marsh
The Year in Literary Backlash
A guide to books the critics loved and hated in equal measure.
December 8, 2015
Laura Reston
Move over SoulCycle. There’s a new overpriced boutique fitness class in town.
December 8, 2015
Marian Bull
Mastering the Art of Stoned Cooking
A new cookbook aims to do for weed what Julia Child did for French cuisine.
December 8, 2015
Sarah Weinman
The Case of the Disappearing Black Detective Novel
Hughes Allison was a black mystery writer with a promising future. What went wrong?
December 8, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
This is what it’s like to look just like John Lennon.
December 8, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
“Flaubert called himself a human pen; I would say that I am a human ear.”
December 8, 2015
Max Rivlin-Nadler
What Would a Real Freelancer’s Union Look Like?
December 7, 2015
Laura Marsh
Another “great books” poll boringly confirms the dominance of Middlemarch.
December 7, 2015
Jason Guriel
Orson Welles’s Forgotten Christmas Classic
In ‘Mr. Arkadin,’ Welles wears a ghoulish Santa mask to a near-orgiastic holiday party.
December 7, 2015
Bijan Stephen
Ava DuVernay, director of the Academy Award-nominated Selma, is now a Barbie doll.
December 7, 2015
Esther Breger
The 2016 Grammys will pit Taylor Swift against Kendrick Lamar, while Adele is nowhere to be found.
December 7, 2015
Sam Sacks
Professional Fictions
Should writing be an art or a career?
December 5, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Is this the best bowl of ramen in Tokyo?
December 4, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Why Hitler was a big fan of porcelain.
December 4, 2015
Esther Breger
Barnes & Noble wants to be a “lifestyle brand,” not a bookstore.

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