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Who Was the Author of Toni Morrison?

 The writer was a creation of a woman named Chloe Wofford, who knew that Toni wasn’t hers; she was ours. By Boris Kachka
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Beloved Author Toni Morrison Has Died

 She was 88 years old. By Zoe Haylock
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7 New Books You Should Read This August

 Jia Tolentino, Téa Obreht, and more. By Boris Kachka
  1. book excerpt
    A Party Room and a Prison Cell: Inside the Friends Writer’s RoomIt was like a vampire, forever hungering for fresh blood to suck.
    By Saul Austerlitz
  2. game of thrones
    HBO’s Game of Thrones Finale ‘Doesn’t Change Anything’ for George R.R. Martin“You can’t please everybody, so you’ve got to please yourself.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  3. vulture lists
    All 82 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, RankedThe best tales from Alvin Schwartz’s classic series are still etched into our memories.
    By Becca James
  4. rip
    Celebrities Mourn Toni Morrison: ‘I Grew Up Wanting to Be Only Her’Barack Obama called her “a national treasure.”
    By Hunter Harris
  5. casting
    The Baby-Sitters Club TV Show Casts Alicia Silverstone and Mark FeuersteinAs Kristy Thomas’s mom and stepdad.
    By Zoe Haylock
  7. speeches
    Listen to Toni Morrison’s Remarkable, Transcendent Nobel Prize Lecture“Look. How lovely it is, this thing we have done — together.”
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  8. profile
    Who Was the Author of Toni Morrison?The writer was a creation of a woman named Chloe Wofford, who knew that Toni wasn’t hers; she was ours.
    By Boris Kachka
  9. obits
    Beloved Author Toni Morrison Has DiedShe was 88 years old.
    By Zoe Haylock
  10. must reads
    7 New Books You Should Read This AugustJia Tolentino, Téa Obreht, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  11. television
    Jeff Daniels Will Star As a Police Chief in New Showtime Family Drama RustAbout - what else? - the Rust Belt.
    By Rebecca Alter
  14. crime
    Author Sherrilyn Kenyon Drops Lawsuit Alleging Her Ex Was Poisoning Her“As the great Margaret Thatcher once said, ‘You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.’”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  15. controversy
    Author’s Family Once Implicated in Murder Similar to One in Her BookIs the Where the Crawdads Sing murder based on true events?
    By Zoe Haylock
  16. one grand books
    William Wegman’s 10 Favorite BooksCharles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and more.
    By William Wegman
  17. adaptations
    The Looking for Alaska Teaser Trailer Has All the Teen Angst You Were Hoping ForThe best-selling John Green novel comes to life.
    By Zoe Haylock
  18. books
    Megan Rapinoe Shoots, She Scores a Book DealTeach us your ways, Megan.
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. books
    The Man Booker Long List Includes Margaret Atwood’s Upcoming NovelAlongside Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer.
    By Zoe Haylock
  20. movies
    Tom Holland to Star in Russo Brothers’ Rated-R Film Adaptation of CherryYour friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is about to go dark.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  21. style guides
    Against Style Guides — Sort OfA new history of the semicolon shows that grammar guides have been ever with us and never particularly helpful.
    By Jonathan Russell Clark
  22. adaptations
    A24 Cooks Up Notes From a Young Black Chef Adaptation Starring Lakeith StanfieldThe Atlanta actor will portray American-Nigerian chef and Top Chef contestant Kwame Onwuachi in a film based on his memoir.
    By Halle Kiefer
  23. must reads
    7 New Books You Should Read This JulyColson Whitehead, Helen Phillips, Lisa Taddeo, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  26. books
    Laura Lippman on Baltimore’s Many Lives and Layered Literary MythsFew people know the city like this novelist-reporter.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  27. tv
    Talking With Emily Nussbaum About TV Criticism, Bad Fans, and BuffyA conversation between two New York Magazine TV critics, past and present, about the state of TV.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  28. profile
    What Is Scarier Than Motherhood?In Helen Phillips’s The Need, a parent’s nightmares take the form of a home intruder — who looks exactly like her.
    By Hillary Kelly
  29. crime
    Gillian Flynn ‘Sickened’ by Gone Girl Defense in Missing Person CaseA defense lawyer is suggesting that a mother of five’s disappearance can be explained as “a Gone Girl–type case.”
    By Bethy Squires
  30. game of $$$
    Can Someone Please Tell George R.R. Martin His GoT Spin-offs Will Be Successful?Because he isn’t so sure.
    By Devon Ivie
  31. in conversation
    John Waters on Anna Wintour, Staying Youthful, and Why Trump Ruined Camp“You gotta have youth spies. Even after 30, you need a youth spy. You need ’em!”
    By E. Alex Jung
  32. cbs all access
    Set Phasers to Literary! Michael Chabon Is Showrunning Star Trek: PicardChabon, now apparently a TV guy, also wrote a Netflix show.
    By Jackson McHenry
  33. great adaptations
    15 Fantasy Adaptations We’re Excited to See on TV SoonSwords, potions, magic, oh my.
    By Devon Ivie
  34. casting
    Rosamund Pike Set to Star in The Wheel of Time AdaptationThe Gone Girl actress will be playing Moiraine.
    By Zoe Haylock
  35. profile
    ‘I Really Thought He Was Going to Kill Me and Bury My Body’Romance author Sherrilyn Kenyon accused her husband of poisoning her. Was it her wildest fiction yet?
    By Lila Shapiro
  38. pride month
    Nicholas Sparks Declares Himself ‘Supporter’ of LGBTQ Rights After Controversy“Ironically, as a writer I should have understood the power and enduring nature of my words.”
    By Devon Ivie
  39. books
    Put on Your Mockingjay Pins: A Hunger Games Prequel Is ComingSuzanne Collins announced her return to the series.
    By Zoe Haylock
  40. literary lunch
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Tom Perrotta Wrote Books About the Opposite Gender“I don’t think it’s a very useful rule for novels: ‘This is a woman’s story, so a woman should write it.’”
    By Lila Shapiro
  41. the grub street diet
    Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner Loves a Good Breakfast Salad“It makes me feel like a million bucks.”
    By Chris Crowley
  42. books
    Nicholas Sparks Didn’t Want an LGBTQ Club at His Private SchoolThe author is denying the claims.
    By Amanda Arnold
  43. books
    Linda Fairstein Jumps Into a Debate About Linda Fairstein on Authors Guild Site“I seem to remember that Salman Rushdie’s publisher stayed with him through a FATWA.”
    By Devon Ivie
  44. books
    A Walking Tour, Circa 1860, With the City’s Last PirateRich Cohen takes us through Albert Hicks’s New York, complete with a sack of stolen money and a trip to the gallows.
    By Rich Cohen
  45. bookselling blues
    Barnes & Noble’s Wild Ride: A TimelineHow the chain, bought last week by a hedge fund, went from indie darling to publishing’s Darth Vader and back.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  46. the law
    Linda Fairstein Dropped by Publisher for Connection to Central Park Five CaseFairstein did not try the case, but was involved in the investigation.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  47. books
    Revisiting Larry Sanders’s Late-Night Host ConfessionsThe fictional autobiography is a pure distillation of Garry Shandling’s humor.
    By Matt Domino
  50. the plaza
    Death, Dogs, and Eloise Made the Plaza Hotel What It Is TodayJulie Satow’s new book chronicles the history of one of New York’s landmarks.
    By Milan Polk
  51. music
    Debbie Harry Gave a Surprise, Somber Reading From Her Unpublished MemoirFace It will be available for purchase in October.
    By Daniel Maurer
  52. best of 2019
    The Best Books of 2019 (So Far)Bowlaway, American Spy, and other standout books from the year.
    By Hillary Kelly and Maris Kreizman
  53. pop occulture
    Meet Pam Grossman, the Terry Gross of WitchesThe podcast host and author discusses her new book, “pop occulture,” and dating muggles.
    By Jenni Miller
  54. must reads
    7 New Books You Should Read This JuneJames Ellroy, Lauren Mechling, Ocean Vuong, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  55. r kelly
    8 Disturbing R. Kelly Revelations Detailed in New BookIncluding harrowing details from the Aaliyah annulment and infamous “pee tape,” plus why the current Chicago case might fall apart.
    By Dan Reilly
  56. profile
    Kristen Arnett, Queer Meme Master, Does Not Want to Explain Ravioli to YouThe internet’s favorite librarian talks about her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things.
    By John Maher
  57. profiles
    Whose Story Will Sandi Tan Tell Next?The Idiot seemed like an “unadaptable” book. But after Shirkers, is there anything the director can’t do?
    By Anna Silman
  58. r kelly
    R. Kelly Reporter Jim DeRogatis Never Wants to Hear Another ‘Pee Tape’ Joke“To see it reduced to a joke when you have this 14-year-old being violated …”
    By Dan Reilly
  59. yikes
    The 21 Wildest Celebrity Stories From Moby’s Controversial Tell-all MemoirThe Natalie Portman and Lana Del Rey controversies are just the tip of the iceberg from the book sinking Moby’s career once again.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
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