Articles of Note

“The key to writing biography is the capacity to be empathetic,” says James Atlas, who failed in that regard when writing his book on Saul Bellow... more »


New Books

The midlife crisis, first described by psychologists in 1965, is a first-world problem, but it's a problem nonetheless. The first rule of crisis prevention: avoid self-absorption... more »


Essays & Opinions

In an age when truth is dismissed as fiction, the novel matters more because we all live by fictions. It’s how we get to the truth... more »