August, amazingly, approaches, the final month in a summer that has at once felt slow and like it has slipped by with the curious swiftness of a half-remembered dream. Still, the summer is not over, and August is a perfect Read more >
This morning, Paramount released the first trailer for Children of Blood and Bone, their buzzy adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling young adult novel. Set to a Beyoncé soundtrack and teasing a murderer’s row of our best living actors—including Viola Davis, Read more >
Vinita Prabhakar, an instructor at South Florida State College, was suspended from her post when admin got wind she was teaching an Ottessa Moshfegh short story in her intro to fiction course. (This Moshfegh short story, to be precise.) Prabhakar Read more >
Emily Wilson, the classicist behind the buzziest Odyssey translation of my generation, has finally weighed in on the film adaptation of her favorite poem. And so dark was the shade that Wilson’s withering takedown crashed its host site: the London Read more >
Some good old-fashioned literary drama is just the thing for late summer. Pairs well with mint juleps and malaise, I think. This week, those of this opinion were darkly pleased to learn that Rachel Cusk’s new novel (Life of M) Read more >
Today, the Booker Prize committee announced this year’s “Booker Dozen”: a longlist of 13 books nominated for the UK’s most prestigious literary prize, which this year celebrates longform fiction written in English and published in the UK and/or Ireland between Read more >
Rounding out the end of the month with some long-awaited arrivals: namely, Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli finally hits the shelves. We also have a riveting and raw memoir by Emilee Hackney, and a horrifying “scenario” by Annie Jacobsen. Read more >
Virginia Woolf, the highest oracle for we sad literary girls, is all over the silver screen this summer—thanks to a remarkable trio of new adaptations. Though her work is famously cerebral—and, well, literary—this is far from Virginia’s first celluloid rodeo. Read more >
This month, a fresh adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved Little House on the Prairie arrives on Netflix. The reboot’s timing is auspicious. 2026 saw the apex of the tradwife discourse. And if the Brooklyn streets are anything to go by, Read more >
Three splashy titles start us off this week: the long-awaited final book in Colson Whitehead’s trilogy, a memoir on craft by Michael Cunningham, and a new release by Claire Vaye Watkins. From there, we have a healthy mix of both Read more >
Oh, Bret Easton Ellis. You old lightning rod. The Gen X nihilist known for anchoring the literary Brat Pack and depicting depraved superficial youth is shifting his talents to television. With the help of—who else?—our favorite chaos agent, Ryan Murphy. Read more >
Today, J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye turns 75. Despite mixed early reviews, the book quickly became a touchstone of American literature, and an icon of American culture in general. It has been referenced in countless other forms of Read more >
It’s a story we just can’t seem to quit. From antiquity to outer space, literature and film are filled with scrappy adventurers struggling to get home. This week, Christopher Nolan cashes in on that safe narrative bet with a new Read more >
The July fiction continues: Julie Buntin’s much anticipated follow-up to Marlena is out today, Sigrid Nunez’s new collection drops, along with Jem Calder’s I Want You To Be Happy. There’s a multitude of nonfiction as well, such as Pamela Colloff’s Read more >
Today, the DAG Foundation announced the winners of its second annual DAG Prizes, which award $20,000 each to a visual artist, a writer, and a musician “whose work expands the possibilities for American art.” In particular, the DAG Prize for Read more >
In the early 1970s, the producer Albert R. Broccoli commissioned the artist Salvador Dalí to make a tarot deck for the upcoming James Bond film Live and Let Die. Based on Ian Fleming’s 1954 novel of the same name, Live Read more >
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