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Claire Messud

bad girl lit Jan. 16, 2019

The Villainous Bitch Has Become the Most Boring Trend in LiteratureWe wanted unlikable narrators; we got an army of psychopathic she-beasts too shallow to hate.

By Hillary Kelly
ferrante fever Nov. 19, 2018

Seven Great Books on Female Friendship Elena Ferrante Didn’t WriteBonds made and broken in great novels by Zadie Smith, Claire Messud, Toni Morrison, and others.

By Hillary Kelly

books Apr. 21, 2013

At Home With Claire Messud and James Wood, the First Couple of American FictionOn the eve of the publication of Messud’s new book, she can’t shake the feeling she’s still an outsider.

By Boris Kachka
Nov. 14, 2011

See the Libraries of Famous WritersAh, so that’s what Gary Shteyngart’s library looks like.

By Eliot Glazer
casting couch Oct. 11, 2011

Noah Baumbach Won’t Direct The Emperor’s ChildrenBut at least Rachel McAdams joins up.

By Willa Paskin
the industry July 18, 2007

Howard, Baumbach to Adapt ‘The Emperor’s Children’Plus industry news on Nine, Law & Order, and the Silence of the Lambs musical.