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How Did the Author of Space Raptor Butt Invasion Become One of Our Best Mainstream Horror Writers?
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One Ingenious Author Focus-Grouped His New Novel. The Results Are Hilarious.
Laura Miller
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She Was the Greatest Author of Her Generation. She Should Be Remembered for More Than Just Her Writing.
Dana A. Williams
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This Part of the U.S. Was a Hotbed of Serial Killers in the 1970s. One Writer Thinks She’s Figured Out Why.
Laura Miller
June 09, 2025
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Critics Savaged Her Novel. It Sold Millions Anyway. Her New Book Has Something to Say to Them.
Laura Miller
May 13, 2025
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The Trump Era Has Found Its Great Satirist. It’s Not Who Anyone Expected.
Dan Kois
May 07, 2025
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An Endlessly Fascinating New Book Explains Why Christianity Is So Obsessed With Sex
Laura Miller
April 27, 2025
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What Hid Under the Surface of the Didion-Dunne Marriage?
Laura Miller
April 21, 2025
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Trump Has Millions of Americans Despairing. One Surprise Just Gave Me Hope.
Dan Kois
April 17, 2025
5:40 AM
He Used to Write About Movies. Now He’s America’s Most Prominent Guide to Poetry.
Jonathan Farmer
April 13, 2025
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Thanks, Wealthy Magazine Editors, for Telling Us How Good You Once Had It
Jenny G. Zhang
March 30, 2025
10:00 AM
The One Book That Explains Our Current Era Was Written 40 Years Ago
Laura Miller
March 25, 2025
1:41 PM
It’s Grim. It’s Gruesome. It’s the Opposite of What Publishers Say Everyone Wants to Read. It’s a Huge Hit.
Rebecca Onion
March 21, 2025
5:10 PM
We Read the Book That Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read. We Can See Why.
Nitish Pahwa
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Everyone on Earth Should Read the Main Story in This New Book
Dan Kois
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Her First Novel Was Beloved. Why Does Her New One Feel All Wrong?
Laura Miller
March 10, 2025
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The Democrats Are Finally Landing On a New Buzzword. It’s Actually Compelling.
Henry Grabar
March 10, 2025
5:40 AM
It Was a Work of Staggering Genius—and a Sensation. Then It Went Away. What Happened?
Dan Kois
Feb 26, 2025
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An Unexpected Writer Shows Us One Way Out of Our Current Hellscape
Luke Winkie
Feb 05, 2025
12:32 PM
This Clever New Book About the Apocalypse Will Cheer You Up (Really!)
Laura Miller
Feb 04, 2025
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