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Joan Didion Knew What Hollywood Would Become
Before the Oscars this weekend, read ‘Play It as It Lays.’
Shilo Brooks
53M
Is the Iran War Winding Down—or Ramping Up? Plus. . .
Matthew Pottinger, Francis Fukuyama, and Aaron MacLean on the latest in Iran. Plus: Kat Rosenfield on that viral polyamory memoir. Arthur Brooks on the…
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The NYC Public Defender Who Sends Books to Prisoners
And frontier justice in Charles Portis’s ‘True Grit’
Shilo Brooks
54M
Being Human Is Cool Again
As AI saturates everyday life, people are seeking refuge in flesh-and-blood alternatives—from bookstore signings to vinyl record sales.
Ted Gioia
The Weekend Press: The Girls Who Hate Men
Plus: Two drinks with a former governor who resigned over a meeting with Epstein. A plot to kill a man on the Appalachian Trail. Suzy Weiss on our…
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The Generation Raised to Doubt Love
Long before our first crushes, women my age were taught that love doesn’t last and commitment is a trap.
Freya India
Can You Get Away with Murder in the Woods?
Emma Sharp didn’t seriously consider killing her husband—until she met his ex-girlfriend. Read an exclusive excerpt of Kat Rosenfield’s new novel!
Kat Rosenfield
I Wrote a Novel About War. Now I’m Watching It Unfold in Iran.
A Russian warship in Iranian waters. Hypersonic threats to U.S. carriers. A regime desperate to survive. All featured in my 2021 book—and all are…
Elliot Ackerman
‘The Brothers Karamazov’ Helped Inspire the Catholic App Hallow
And why Dostoevsky’s classic is the perfect book for Lent.
Shilo Brooks
53M
‘Lolita,’ Jeffrey Epstein, and the Real Meaning of a Challenging Classic
How a novel about a pedophile-rapist came to occupy such a prominent place in American life.
Shilo Brooks
‘Lolita,’ Jeffrey Epstein, and the Real Meaning of a Challenging Classic
How a novel about a pedophile-rapist came to occupy such a prominent place in American life.
Shilo Brooks
47M
Lionel Shriver’s New Immigration Satire Is Going to Be Controversial
‘This is a very emotional subject,’ says the author. ‘That’s what draws me to it. It makes people angry.’
Kat Rosenfield
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