Maya Chung

In Patricia Lockwood’s new novel, the main character gets so ill that she wonders whether she’s become a different person.

The Books Briefing: Why Miriam Toews Writes

A casual pastime, when practiced consistently, can change a life.

What if function, not form, dictated what was in fashion?

Melissa Febos’s The Dry Season made me wonder what narrow portals I’m looking through in my life, and what I might see if I turn away from them.

The kind of freedom that Mavis Gallant’s characters seek can still be out of reach.

A new subgenre of literature explores what’s uncovered when you take away someone’s public-facing persona.

Half a decade on, we now have at least a small body of work that takes on COVID.

Half a decade on, we now have at least a small body of work that takes on COVID.

"Sun City" offers evidence that Americans’ widespread isolation began long before they became absorbed in their phones.

Two novels take different approaches to bringing the dead back to life.

The Books Briefing: The Art Monster Under the Bed

Thomas Mann’s "The Magic Mountain" offers a unique antidote to contempt and despair.

Alan Hollinghurst’s and Lore Segal’s later writing takes two different approaches to growing old.

E. B. White was accustomed to slaughtering pigs, until one stole his heart.

A new memoir shrewdly captures the upheavals of the past eight years.

There’s no reason to agonize over the titles you don’t finish.

Mary Gaitskill’s 2019 novella, "This Is Pleasure," makes readers consider whether including male voices can help us understand women’s stories.

What everyday plants can teach us about history

Published works of fiction by nonwhite authors more than doubled from 2019 to 2023—but we may now be seeing a reversal in this trend.