Lots of writers have done the coronavirus essay. Smith has made a book of them.

We need a new kind of writing about Russia.

The forgotten intersectionality of disabilities activism

The business of bookselling is more political and partisan than ever before. Things won’t go back to normal after Trump leaves office.

Blake Gopnik’s biography shows an artist haunted by death, seeking refuge in consumerism.

Once upon a time, you could hunt aliens and murderers in the same show.

A post-9/11 veteran novelist explores a post-Vietnam literary soiree gone bad, and finds timeless lessons about a contentious and still-evolving genre.

Evangelicals have successfully promoted a depoliticized vision of their movement. Its fundamental principles have plenty in common with Trump.

They wanted to see their grandchildren, despite the risk of catching the coronavirus. I couldn’t say no.

The streaming business is booming. But the industry’s working stiffs say their lives are only getting more precarious.

Like much of her writing, the former New York Times editor’s resignation letter is long on accusation and thin on evidence.

Journalists bear a lot of responsibility for the rise of the toxic celebrity chef. But they’re still in a state of denial.

He evidently believes that he can make more money self-publishing—especially if he portrays the move as a rebuke of liberal elites.

Why Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s push to turn the structure into a mosque is such a loss

How thwarted Hollywood ambitions, Silicon Valley hubris, and a long war on objectivity gave rise to Drudge, Breitbart, and other right-wing media insurgents

When Nicholson Baker searched for the truth about biological weapons, he found a fog of redaction.

A new movie invokes the lurid charm of the local drinking hole—and challenges our conception of what makes a documentary.

A dark new family history from Donald Trump’s niece may be the most intimate psychological portrait of him yet.

Andrew Martin’s characters spend a lot of time gently mocking their own privilege.

Two books grappling with loss offer strange solace.