Jonathan Franzen, With Mom in Mind, Softens His Edge
The bestselling novelist talks about his latest book, ‘Crossroads,’ and taking a more compassionate stance toward his characters—and himself.
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In Search of Futures Past
How Marcel Proust’s finances affected his writing.
V.S. Naipaul and the Impossibility of Going Home
A brilliant writer, a misogynist, a small-town boy with a haughty, big-city gaze: Naipaul’s life was marked by a sense of doubleness.
Extremes of Disorder
A profile and criticism of Wayne Koestenbaum’s poetry of the subconscious.
Emmanuel Macron’s Grand Narrative
Three contemporary French authors illuminate the president’s divisive neoliberal agenda and how a diversionary ‘Europe under attack’ narrative might be the key to his success.
‘The Story of Memory’: A Conversation with Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on The Train and Into the Water, reflects on two unreliable things: narrators and memory.
Michael Chabon’s Broken World
A conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon.
France’s Unlikely Literary Rebel
Maylis de Kerangal’s “The Heart” combines the language of science, philosophy, and pop culture to create a novel that defies categorization—and frustrates certain literary élites.
You Can Do Anything if You Just Do it Slowly
The best-selling author Lauren Groff on artistic narcissism, Véra Nabokov, and her winding road to success.
Can Lorin Stein Translate Michel Houellebecq Into a Great Writer?
Is Michel Houellebecq’s writing improved when he’s translated into English?
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