Laura Miller
Books
“I Had a Boss Who Interrupted Me Constantly to Say, ‘Gee, You Have Pretty Hair’ ”Ellen Ullman, who worked as a computer programmer in the ’70s and ’80s, on building a career within the “boy culture” of tech.
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She Dined on Black PuddingA new book about the diets of notable women redeems the whole sentimental, self-indulgent genre of food writing.
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Mother-StungSherman Alexie’s terrific book is the latest entry in a burgeoning genre: memoirs of moms.
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Voice in the WildernessIt’s hard to be the voice of a generation when your generation doesn’t need you anymore.
Television
American GodsIt’s hard to imagine a better TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s wonderstruck fantasy.
Books
She Was Right All AlongPaula Hawkins tries to create a formula in her follow-up to The Girl on the Train.
Brow Beat
The Secret History of Twin Peaks Shows Just How Bad Twin Peaks Would Be Without David Lynch
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Big Little TruthsDon’t call Liane Moriarty’s novels fluffy—not when their characters feel so real.
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True Crime Gets PrettyOnce trashy and compelling, true crime is now the realm of credentialed literary writers. Is that an improvement?
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Famous Last WordsThree memoirs of mortality suggest that even for the terminally ill, universal truths are elusive.
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To Overflow Every Division Between Human BeingsArundhati Roy’s immensely rewarding The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
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Why Not Al?Al Franken says his book isn’t a prelude to a presidential campaign, but the American people can hope, right?
Television
Lynch UnleashedThe Twin Peaks reboot is not the fusion of arthouse and mainstream sensibilities that viewers might expect. It’s pure David Lynch—and it’s glorious.
Television
Wrapped in CelluloidWhy the web of movie allusions in David Lynch’s show helped it take hold of the cultural imagination in a way no series ever had.
Books
Granta Made Us Obsessed With “Best Young Novelist” ListsBut what can such a list really tell readers about the heartbeat of American fiction?
Culturebox
To the Manners BornHow Emily Post’s descendants are shepherding her legacy into a cultural landscape hostile to the very idea of etiquette.
Culture Gabfest
The Culture Gabfest “Beast, Brontës, and Broadway” EditionSlate’s Culture Gabfest on Beauty and the Beast, To Walk Invisible, and an interview with Alison Wright.
Books
In Search of Lost TimeThe hipsters at the center of Hari Kunzru’s White Tears invent an ancient black bluesman—but is he real after all?