Charles Manson’s depravity was regrettably human
Charles Manson died on Sunday night after being admitted to a hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., on Wednesday. The infamous cult leader, who was convicted along with three of his followers...
All Stories
Jazz guide riffs on classics
I like jazz, but I don't know much about it. Or perhaps I should say that I know what I like. Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith and Benny Goodman, yes, but...
Jazz guide riffs on classics
I like jazz, but I don't know much about it. Or perhaps I should say that I know what I like. Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith and Benny Goodman, yes, but...
Site fires up teens’ literary instincts
It started with a story for a magazine. In 2008, during a trip to Japan, New Yorker staff writer Dana Goodyear decided to write about cellphone novels, a phenomenon —...
Site fires up teens’ literary instincts
It started with a story for a magazine. In 2008, during a trip to Japan, New Yorker staff writer Dana Goodyear decided to write about cellphone novels, a phenomenon —...
“A Safeway in Arizona” by Tom Zoellner
The best material in Tom Zoellner's "A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America" comes at the beginning:...
“A Safeway in Arizona” by Tom Zoellner
The best material in Tom Zoellner's "A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America" comes at the beginning:...
Vonnegut biography fails on several counts
It's dangerous to begin a biography with what amounts to an advertisement for oneself. "Someone else could cobble together a so-so version of your life just by mining what's stored...
‘1Q84’ skillfully re-imagines our reality
Here's an unorthodox suggestion: Try to read Haruki Murakami's "1Q84" in as close to a single sitting as you can. It won't be easy — the novel clocks in at...
From politics to poetry
It's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and...