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What Chinese Outrage Over ‘3 Body Problem’ Says About China
The Netflix series showcases one of the country’s most successful works of culture. Instead of demonstrating...
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
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Berlin Was a Beacon of Artistic Freedom. Gaza Changed Everything.
The home of boundary-pushing artists from around the world has been upended by debates about what...
John Barth, Writer Who Pushed Storytelling’s Limits, Dies at 93
His sprawling and boisterous novel “The Sot-Weed Factor,” published in 1960, projected him into the ranks...
Maryse Condé, ‘Grande Dame’ of Francophone Literature, Dies at 90
She explored the history and culture of Africa, the West Indies and Europe in work that...
Once Upon a Time, the World of Picture Books Came to Life
The tale behind a new museum of children’s literature is equal parts imagination, chutzpah and “The...
‘Marriage Predicts Happiness Better than Education, Work and Money’
As evidence grows about the benefits of tying the knot, married people are poised to become...
Judith Butler Thinks You’re Overreacting
How did gender become a scary word? The theorist who got us talking about the subject...
Laurent de Brunhoff, Artist Who Made Babar Famous, Dies at 98
After his father, who created the character, died, he continued the series of books about a...
Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress
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The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance
An interracial soirée that included intellectual and artistic luminaries set in motion one of the most...
A Bronx Teacher Asked. Tommy Orange Answered.
When the author received an impassioned email, he dropped everything to visit the students who inspired...
Justice Breyer, Off the Bench, Sounds an Alarm Over the Supreme Court’s Direction
In an interview in his chambers and in a new book, the justice, who retired in...
Libraries struggle to afford e-books, seek new laws in fight with publishers
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of...
Jonathan Kozol Fought School Inequality for Decades. Here’s One Final Plea.
With his latest, and last, book, the 87-year-old writer refuses false optimism.
Opinion | What I Learned When I Read 887 Pages of Plans for Trump’s Second Term
The former president’s allies don’t want to destroy the “deep state.” They want to seize it.
What It's Like to Be a Sociopath
Sociopaths are modern-day boogeymen, and the word “sociopath” is casually tossed around to describe the worst,...
