How Rorschach’s inkblots turned personality testing into an art.

Meet the hackers trying to solve the problem of death.

Jack Henry Abbott was a talented writer and a convicted murderer. What made Mailer believe he wouldn't kill again?

We would do well to remember the costs of keeping quiet.

Sarah Manguso's aphorisms feel powerful in our age of alternative facts.

Jokes helped him win the presidency. They will help his opponents survive it.

The U.S. government has enlisted powerful informants in the past without difficulty. Here's why.

For scientists investigating the human mind, deep-sea animals may hold the key.

Elites have always used a climate of fear to push their own agendas.

It takes a whole society to create an atmosphere of fear: elites and collaborators, bystanders and victims alike.

A decade ago, few Americans were interested in the risks dissidents face. Trump has changed that.

A new film, "I Am Not Your Negro," tracks the late writer’s attempt to document the martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement.

The Minnesota senator has emerged from the shadows to make life hell for Republicans. Now he should do the same to Trump.

Why is Cat Marnell’s drug memoir so gripping?

From terrorism to populism, today's sweeping unrest has its roots in brutal competition.

The stories in "Difficult Women" tackle the intimate realities of race and gender in America.

Why "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is not the book we need in the Trump era.

The uproar over Milo Yiannopolous’s book exposes the tensions between the industry’s purported ideals and the profit motive.