ARCHIVE:
October 2012
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Cormac McCarthy Cuts to the Bone
Blood Meridian used to be a much different novel. McCarthy’s early drafts reveal how an American masterpiece was born.
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The Magazine Article That Changed Everything for Gay People
The line from Merle Miller to It Gets Better.
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Stop Asking if Women Are Funny
A new book traces the history of women in comedy but almost gets derailed by that stupid question.
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The Silver Fox
Nate Silver has made a career out of predicting things better than other people. How?
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Giving 11-Year-Olds Nightmares Since 1992
Now R.L. Stine is writing horror for adults.
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The Wheat and the Chaff
Lucille Clifton is the rare poet good enough to survive the Collected Poems treatment.
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The Rise and Fall of Polaroid
Polaroid was once the Apple Computer of the mid-20th century.
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Announcing the Cartoonist Studio Prize
A brand-new comics award from the Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies.
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The Audio Book Club on How Should a Person Be?
Our critics debate Sheila Heti’s messy novel about female friendship and a life in art.
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