Tag: books
To Binky Urban, ‘Power’ Is a Male Word
Amanda “Binky” Urban — the ICM agent who represents, among many others, Michael Pollan, Toni Morrison, Haruki Murakami, Walter Isaacson, Mary Karr, Richard Ford, Anthony Doerr, and the estates of E. B. White, Nora Ephron, and E. L. Do…
Lin-Manuel Miranda Wrote a Poem Just for You
The following is the introduction to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new book, Gmorning, Gnight! The work is a collection of his popular inspirational tweets that wish his followers, well, good morning and good night. Miranda, who you may know f…
Neon and corporate dystopias: why does cyberpunk refuse to move on?
Repeatedly reproduced and reimagined since the 80s, the tropes of cyberpunk must evolve or dieThe future has looked the same for almost four decades. A skyline of densely packed skyscrapers, corporate logos lighting the night sky, proclaiming ownership…
As Making a Murderer returns, is the obsession with true crime turning nasty?
We can’t get enough of cold-case shows such as Serial, especially when they lead to retrials. But while the genre has gone from lurid gore to upmarket investigations, an exploitative undertow remains‘I didn’t think all of these people would care,” Stev…
Tana French on The Witch Elm, #MeToo, and the Divisive Ending of In the Woods
Since bursting onto the mystery scene with her genre-bending 2007 debut In the Woods, Tana French has cemented her reputation as a literary novelist who happens to write about murder. A Dubliner who originally trained as a stage actor…
Ellie Kemper Is a Rooster and a Warrior
Ellie Kemper is a big comedy star, what with her wonderful work on The Office, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Bridesmaids, and contributions to The Onion and McSweeney’s. Her first book. My Squirrel Days, a collection of essays about her …
Hank Green: ‘I used all my power to make YouTube powerful, good and strong’
The brother of author John Green reveals the pressure he felt writing his first novel, and reflects on the what has become of the video platform that made their namesA few weeks ago, billboards began sprouting up around Orlando, Florida, with advertise…
Being John Lennon: A Restless Life by Ray Connolly review – just a complicated guy
A fascinating new biography by a journalist who knew Lennon in the 60s and 70s captures his contradictory traitsThere are several “definitive” biographies of John Lennon, and even more tomes claiming to provide the ultimate lowdown on the Beatles’ well…
How Fascism Works review: a vital read for a nation under Trump
Yale professor Jason Stanley enters a growing literary field with a sober examination of an inflammatory political conceptOne of the insidious ironies of fascist politics, the philosopher Jason Stanley writes in his arresting new book, is that talk of …
Richard Curtis: ‘I regret not writing about love’s trickier side’
Writer tells Cheltenham festival he wishes he had tackled problems that come with staying togetherRichard Curtis, the writer and director behind some of Britain’s best-loved romantic comedies, has said he wished he had spent more time writing about the…