The New Patron Saints of Lesbian Fiction
Why the best queer writers are throwing plot out of the window
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Breaking the Rules of Gay Fiction, One Riotous Page at a Time
Brontez Purnell’s work burns with a frantic blend of lyricism and lewdness, desire and disgust
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Why Alice Munro’s Biographer Left Her Daughter’s Abuse Out of His Book
An exclusive interview with Robert Thacker on the secret he carried for twenty years
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Are Millennials Ruining Divorce Too?
In a spate of new books, authors grapple with what separation means in the modern age
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Why Rachel Kushner Writes Characters Without Morals
The acclaimed novelist talks vintage resellers, Paul Thomas Anderson, and her new book, Creation Lake
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Moleskine Mania: How a Notebook Conquered the Digital Era
“Do you know there’s a section of our customer base that buys a fresh Moleskine every time they come into a store? We have no idea what they do with them”
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Why Is It So Hard for Writers to Talk about the Working Class?
From novels to TV, you’ll have a hard time finding people who struggle with poverty
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Have You Been to the Library Lately?
Librarians once worried about shushing patrons. Now they have to deal with mental health episodes, the homelessness crisis, and random violence
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The World’s Oldest Ultramarathon Runner Is Racing against Death
Dag Aabye is eighty-one, lives in an old school bus on a mountain, and is pushing his body to its absolute limits
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Why Does the Medical System Keep Failing People with Endometriosis?
Tracey Lindeman’s Bleed unpacks why the condition prevents people from finding meaningful care
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