Writing and Writers

November 6, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Bridget Everett Says a Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love

Reva GoldbergEmily LangDavis LandChristina Djossa and Jen Poyant and Dan PowellRowan NiemistoDan PowellAman Sahota and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music […]
September 7, 2024

The Great American Family Car Ride

Three bridges, one toll. In the early 1980s, whenever we piled into the family sedan, my siblings and I would jostle one another for space in […]
August 17, 2024

A Wild Night With Edna O’Brien

On the trail of Ralph Fiennes in 1990s Manhattan, the esteemed novelist pays a visit to a burlesque club. I was terrified the first time I […]
July 23, 2024

Robert Gottlieb’s Books Go Up for Sale

Robert Gottlieb didn’t just edit books. He voraciously read and collected them. On Saturday, a portion of his personal library — his books on show business […]
July 10, 2024

Amy Tan’s ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’ Takes a Novel Approach to Bird-Watching

In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing. To them, she isn’t […]
May 2, 2024

Substack Throws a Party to Celebrate Hate Reads Newsletter

The writers behind Hate Reads, a pop-up newsletter for airing grievances and pet peeves, got up on their soap boxes. “What’s Hate Reads?” a patron at […]
May 1, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Emily Ratajkowski Can Take Care of Herself, But a Little Help Would Be Nice

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang and Dan Powell, Diane Wong, Pat McCusker, Rowan Niemisto and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify| Amazon Music “I think that was […]
April 17, 2024

Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine

In a time when the headlines are dominated by wars and a divisive presidential campaign, the magazine-world rivalry between The Atlantic and The New Yorker doesn’t […]
April 12, 2024

Salman Rushdie Is Again the Toast of Literary Manhattan

Nearly two years after he was stabbed, he was in fine form as he greeted his fellow writers at a party celebrating his candid memoir, “Knife.” […]
March 21, 2024

The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance

Arturo Schomberg Eugene O’Neill Gwendolyn Bennett James Weldon Johnson Eva D. Bowles W.E.B. Du Bois Mary White Ovington Regina Anderson Carl Van Doren Charles S. Johnson […]