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How the late writer captured the heart of twentieth-century United States. (article)
How the late writer captured the heart of twentieth-century United States. (episode)
Roth’s biographer, Blake Bailey, on why the novelist’s writing will endure.
A panel of female writers discuss the portrayal of women in the work of Philip Roth.
In 2003, David Remnick interviewed the author about his creative process, for the BBC.
A bona-fide guitar hero puts a fresh spin on Rudolph and the Little Drummer Boy. Plus, the cartoonist Roz Chast hits the streets to raise money for a good cause. (article)
Jia Tolentino, Doreen St. Félix, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss the big culture stories of the year. (article)
A bona-fide guitar hero puts a fresh spin on Rudolph and the Little Drummer Boy. Plus, the big pop-culture stories of the year, from our panel of experts. (episode)
Jia Tolentino, Doreen St. Félix, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss the big culture stories of the year.
Inspired by the Salvation Army, the celebrated cartoonist takes to the streets of New York to ring a bell for a good cause: saving the planet from destruction by asteroids.
A bona-fide guitar hero puts a fresh spin on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” and other somewhat-too-familiar seasonal hits.
David Bentley Hart’s translation of the New Testament is highly literal, and that seems to raise hackles for many Christians.
A professor of the classics lives the adventures of the fifth-century B.C. in the hugely successful Assassin’s Creed video games.
A lifelong surfer reports on a machine-made wave that could finally make surfing a conventional sport—and potentially transform its spirit. (article)
Adapting a classic novel for the stage, the writer has a few bones to pick with the heroic figure of Atticus Finch. (article)
Aaron Sorkin on adapting a 1960 classic to the 2018 Broadway stage. And a lifelong surfer wonders whether an artificial, perfect wave will change surfing forever. (episode)
Adapting a classic novel for the stage, the writer has a few bones to pick with the heroic figure of Atticus Finch.
Fresh off her win in the midterm elections, the Minnesota Democrat weighs a Presidential run in 2020.
A lifelong surfer reports on a machine-made wave that could finally make surfing a conventional sport—and potentially transform its spirit.
The Swedish pop star talks about the long and difficult gestation of her latest album, “Honey.” Plus, critic Amanda Petrusich picks three favorites for 2018. (article)
The Swedish pop star Robyn describes the journey to her new album. And our Washington correspondent talks with McCaskill as she prepares to leave the Senate. (episode)
The Swedish pop star is as adored by critics as she is loved by fans; she talks about the long and difficult gestation of her latest album, “Honey.”
One of the most moderate Democrats in the Senate, Missouri’s Claire McCaskill lost her seat in the midterms. She debriefs with The New Yorker’s Washington correspondent, Susan Glasser.
A music critic shares three of her favorites this year: a Catalan singer, a banjo balladeer, and Ariana Grande.
The fight director B. H. Barry has taught performers to simulate stabbings, stranglings, duels, and brawls—while singing at the tops of their lungs.