The Station Eleven author returns with another haunting novel.

The 1975 Spielberg flick captures the dread of facing an invisible enemy—and the incompetence of the politicians in charge.

The Hulu show is a drama of misplaced intentions, exploitation, and white fragility.

The ancient roots of communal liberty

Sometimes fiction is stranger—and more revealing—than truth.

A new memoir reveals a family’s sacrifices and triumphs.

In the works of Camus and Thomas Mann, an outbreak reveals how dysfunctional society already was.

The Brooklyn Museum’s new show—now shuttered due to coronavirus fears—captures a time that has never felt so distant.

The new HBO show, adapted from Philip Roth’s novel, imagines life under a fascist president.

Deb Olin Unferth’s philosophical new novel tackles animal rights, industrial agriculture, and the fate of humanity.

A compelling personal story has long obscured the substance of his politics.

A philosopher, a medical crisis, and a mystery

As jobs are downgraded and health care costs spiral, more and more Americans are dying early.

Jeet Thayil’s new novel features a bereaved narrator, depression, and lots of drugs.

A new book explores whether rampant development can ease California’s housing shortage.

Midlife was once seen as a chance for women to reassert themselves. Then came an organized, misogynist backlash.

Can Hulu’s new documentary ever set the record straight?

Nicholas Fox Weber’s new book connects the ubiquitous device to the canon.

Her semi-autobiographical comedy, Twenties, is both about making it in Hollywood and about what makes good black art.

How Wikipedia managed to stay fun and weird after 20 years