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How the Sitcom Mirrored, and Shaped, Your Idea of New York City

 An excerpt from The Encyclopedia of New York. By Kathryn VanArendonk
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DeLillo and Amis’s New Books Are Lazy Versions of Their Greatest Hits

 If you’re looking to the old guard for innovation, you’re in for a disappointing reading season. By Hillary Kelly
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Daddy and 9 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My Head

 I believe this is a technically perfect book. By Molly Young
  1. book excerpt
    How New York Gave Birth to New WaveAn excerpt from The Encyclopedia of New York.
    By Craig Jenkins
  2. book excerpt
    Why New York City Is the Ideal Cinematic Setting for Finding RomanceAn excerpt from The Encyclopedia of New York.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  3. book excerpt
    How the Sitcom Mirrored, and Shaped, Your Idea of New York CityAn excerpt from The Encyclopedia of New York.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  4. memoirs
    Matthew McConaughey Reveals He Was Blackmailed and Sexually Abused As a TeenIn his new memoir, Greenlights.
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. q&a
    Spencer Tweedy on His Book, Why Everyone Should Have a Home Studio, and His DadThe son of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy releases his first book, Mirror Sound, this week, just one week after his dad’s.
    By Justin Curto
  7. book review
    DeLillo and Amis’s New Books Are Lazy Versions of Their Greatest HitsIf you’re looking to the old guard for innovation, you’re in for a disappointing reading season.
    By Hillary Kelly
  8. read like the wind
    Daddy and 9 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My HeadI believe this is a technically perfect book.
    By Molly Young
  9. adaptations
    Ava DuVernay to Adapt Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Taking the conversation from the book club to the big screen.
    By Zoe Haylock
  10. book excerpt
    Were Cary Grant and Randolph Scott Really Lovers?Many have speculated about this relationship. A new book about Grant looks at the evidence.
    By Mark Glancy
  11. books
    The Best Sex Emily M. Danforth Has Ever ReadThe Miseducation of Cameron Post author on the ineffable pleasures of Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt.
    As told to Lila Shapiro
  12. awards
    Poet Louise Glück Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature“For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  13. the meaning of mariah carey
    The Stories Behind 13 of Mariah Carey’s Biggest HitsEarly demos and, yes, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
    By Justin Curto
  14. like water for chocolate
    Like Water for Chocolate Book Sequels and Musical Are Getting CookedAuthor Laura Esquivel is continuing the story.
    By Jackson McHenry
  15. books
    The National Book Awards Finalists Hath ArrivedThe winners will be announced on November 18.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    How Steven Universe Made Its Lesbian Space Rock WeddingA behind-the-scenes look at the landmark double episode.
    By Chris McDonnell
  17. awards
    N.K. Jemisin Awarded One of 21 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants This YearAlong with playwright Larissa FastHorse, filmmaker Nanfu Wang, and more.
    By Zoe Haylock
  18. born to die
    Are You Surprised Lana Del Rey Wore a Mesh Mask to Her Book Signing?As if us non-scientists need to point out, that’s ineffective against COVID-19 in nearly every way.
    By Justin Curto
  19. book excerpt
    Jerry Seinfeld Reflects on Coronavirus, Death, and InfomercialsAn excerpt from his new book.
    By Jerry Seinfeld
  20. cinematic seussiverse
    J.J. Abrams’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Movie Better Have Seussical Lens FlaresIn which the boy discovers a mystery box.
    By Rebecca Alter
  21. book excerpt
    How Emilia Clarke Kept Her Health Issues a Secret While Filming Game of Thrones“I spent a lot of time just being like: ‘Am I gonna die?’”
    By James Hibberd
  22. the meaning of mariah carey
    10 Shocking Stories From Mariah Carey’s MemoirOn Tommy Mottola, Derek Jeter, Glitter, her family, and more.
    By Justin Curto
  23. casting
    Joey King, Queen of YA, to Star in Adaptation of Dystopian Novel UgliesThe actress stars in and executive-produces McG’s latest for Netflix.
    By Zoe Haylock
  24. the real housewives of potomac
    A Literary Analysis of Gizelle Bryant’s Award-Winning NovelLet’s review some of the best literary devices in My Word, the recipient of the African American Literary Award for Best Fiction.
    By Olivia Crandall
  25. books
    Joe Pera Wrote the Perfect Book for Your Bathroom Anxiety Attacks“Nothing says ‘class’ to your dinner guests more than a Joe Pera book next to the can.”
    By Megh Wright
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    Why ‘Donna Martin Graduates’ Is the Essential Beverly Hills, 90210 Episode“You sound like Spiro Agnew.”
    By Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting
  27. the meaning of mariah carey
    Mariah Carey Calls Derek Jeter the ‘Catalyst’ for Her Split From Tommy Mottola“I didn’t think I would ever meet anybody who wouldn’t … feel superior to me.”
    By Justin Curto
  28. best of 2020
    The Best Books of the Year (So Far)During a difficult year, fiction is rising to contemporary challenges and demands.
    By Hillary Kelly
  29. must reads
    Here Is the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction Long ListThe winner’s will be announced at a (virtual, duh) awards ceremony later this fall.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  30. books
    Barack Obama’s Presidential Memoir, A Promised Land, Is Coming This NovemberThe first of two volumes arrives just weeks after the election.
    By Zoe Haylock
  31. obits
    Stanley Crouch, Influential Jazz Critic and Cultural Commentator, Dead at 74He was an advocate for traditional jazz.
    By Justin Curto
  32. my children's book is dropping
    Lil Nas X Is Dropping a Children’s BookCalled “C Is for Country.”
    By Charu Sinha
  33. books
    Booker Prize Shortlist Announced, Noticeably Short on Hilary MantelThe six authors up for the prestigious literary award are the most diverse group in Booker history.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  34. profile
    Delusions of WhitenessIn Rumaan Alam’s new thriller, a white family staying at a Hamptons Airbnb is startled when the Black owners knock on the door.
    By Lila Shapiro
  35. adaptations
    Harry Styles Fanfic After Gets Not One, But Two More SequelsThe third and fourth books are being adapted as we speak.
    By Zoe Haylock
  36. read like the wind
    Fieldwork and 9 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My Head“I picked Fieldwork up because I saw interesting words on the flap (fascination, taboo, sexual),” wrote Stephen King. Why not you, too?
    By Molly Young
  37. fall preview 2020
    The Hardest Elena Ferrante Lines I’ve Translated“This is the problem with translation — you think, ‘Oh, wow, I could’ve done better here.’”
    As told to Hillary Kelly
  38. excerpt
    ‘Do You Think I’m Getting Ugly?’An excerpt from Elena Ferrante’s new novel, The Lying Life of Adults, narrated by Marisa Tomei.
    By Elena Ferrante
  39. fall preview
    Piranesi Will Wreck YouThe novel establishes Susanna Clarke as one of our greatest living writers.
    By Lila Shapiro
  40. fall preview
    19 Books We’re Excited to Read This FallElena Ferrante’s The Lying Life of Adults, Emma Cline’s Daddy, and Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind, and more.
    Edited by Vulture Editors
  41. "#canceled"
    J.K. Rowling Says She’s Returning Her Kennedy Human Rights AwardRowling’s is “a position that I categorically reject,” Kerry Kennedy said in a statement.
    By Zoe Haylock
  42. art
    A New Book Shows Why Black Artists Drive the Culture VisuallyYoung, Gifted and Black features Jordan Casteel, Kevin Beasley, and more.
    By Trupti Rami
  43. media digest
    Bon Appétit’s New Editor-in-Chief Is Simon & Schuster’s Dawn DavisShe’s the magazine’s first Black editor-in-chief.
    By Justin Curto
  44. book drama
    Carlin Romano Keeps His Seat on the National Book Critics Circle BoardTwo-thirds were needed to remove Romano, but in the end, just 62 percent, or 104 members, voted for his removal.
    By Lila Shapiro
  45. why?
    We Read the New Twilight Book So You Don’t Have ToAn annotated reading of Midnight Sun.
    By Rebecca Alter
  46. tv development
    Book Scammer Dan Mallory to Be Rewarded by Having Jake Gyllenhaal Play Him on TVWritten and directed by Zola’s Janicza Bravo.
    By jackson mchenry
  47. cuomosexual
    Local Italian Man Writes Coronavirus MemoirIt will be a “revealing, behind-the-scenes” account of his experience.
    By Devon Ivie
  48. read like the wind
    The Runaways and 9 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My HeadHere are some beach reads for all types of people and beaches.
    By Molly Young
  49. casting
    Angela Bassett, Phylicia Rashad, and Oprah Cast in HBOs Between the World and MeThe cast is an exercise in Black excellence.
    By Chris Murphy
  50. quack
    Bette Midler to Write Kid’s Book About the Wind Beneath the Hot Duck’s WingsDid you ever know that you’re my mallard?
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  51. books
    Ziwe Fumudoh to Bait You With a Book of EssaysGet ready for The Book of Ziwe.
    By Megh Wright
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