Life and Letters
Fail Funnier
How Mo Willens teaches young readers to confront problems and be resilient.
by Rivka Galchen
Fail Funnier
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The Cabaret Beat
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Life and Letters
The Cabaret Beat
A débutante to the rescue in the Harold Ross era.
by Ian Frazier
The Poet’s Hand
LIFE AND LETTERS
The Poet’s Hand
Why do we still search for relics of the Bard?
by Adam Gopnik
Fun with Nuns: Hollywood revisits the convent
Fun with Nuns
Hollywood revisits the convent.
by Paul Rudnick
A Fine Rage: George Orwell’s revolutions.
A Fine Rage
George Orwell’s revolutions.
by James Wood
The Unfinished David Foster Wallace’s project
The Unfinished
David Foster Wallace’s project.
by D. T. Max
The Background Hum: Ian McEwan and the science of suspense.
The Background Hum
Ian McEwan and the science of suspense.
by Daniel Zalewski
A Desert Encounter: A hat, an ocotillo, and an academy.
A Desert Encounter
A hat, an ocotillo, and an academy.
by John Updike
In the Ring: Grappling with the twentieth century.
In the Ring
Grappling with the twentieth century.
by Norman Mailer
The Running Novelist: A writer learns to go the distance.
The Running Novelist
A writer learns to go the distance.
by Haruki Murakami
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