Walter Kirn

A married couple makes a suicide pact in Lionel Shriver’s new novel, “Should We Stay or Should We Go.”

We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets for a festival that never happened. Respected…

Celebrities, including Sonam Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar have shared the quote on their timeline - accompanying it with: #JusticeForRhea

Taapsee Pannu tweeted about Rhea Chakraborty’s arrest by the NCB on Tuesday and the fact that there was no mention of consumption of drugs by her in the remand copy presented by the central agency.

Two new books — Anthony McCann’s “Shadowlands” and Christopher Ketcham’s “This Land” — explore the forces shrinking the open expanse and destroying unbridled nature out West.

I believe that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. I believe that Al Qaeda attacked us on Sept. 11. But on this story, I’ve been mugged by unreality.

Sweetened by Mock, Lightened by Droll

Keanu Reeves does books.

Why does it sometimes seem like brilliant inventor Elon Musk is having a nervous breakdown? Could it be because he knows a big, awful truth that the rest of us don’t?

The 50 greatest fictional Oregonians of all time: The geeks, the rebels and, of course, the Goonies

Greg talks to the author of “Up in the Air” and Harper’s Magazine columnist, Walter Kirn. Walter dissects Greg’s new book, “The Gutfeld Monologues.” Spoiler alert: he liked it...a lot. Pick up “The Gutfeld Monologues” here. You can check out Walter’s podcast Writerly at: http://writerlypodc

Because nonfiction is often sometimes more terrifying and unsettling.

A writing teacher flips out on his students.

The author dreams of losing her temper.

Plan your holiday shopping with the 100 Notable Books of 2009 list from The New York Times 2009 Holiday Gift Guide .

How Khalil Rafati, a former addict, started a wildly successful juice chain in Southern California, the toughest of markets.

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Remember that movie The Talented Mr. Ripley, where Matt Damon plays a regular guy who decides to impersonate a rich guy (oh, don’t tell me that’s a spoiler; the movie is almost 20 years old, and it basically says all of that on the poster anyway)?…

Up In The Air Movie Review: Critics Rating: 4 stars, click to give your rating/review,A smart script, great performances, witticisms galore, Up In The Air is a humanist document of today

With the first installment of her YA trilogy out now, McCreight chooses the riveting books that inspired her work.