Danny McBride’s Solution to the Masculinity Crisis
In a new story collection, “Thrilling Tales of Modern Men,” the actor and comedian injects a refreshing breeziness into a…
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admin “The Barman of the Ritz” Is No “Casablanca”
David Denby reviews “The Barman of the Ritz,” by Philippe Collin, about Frank Meier, the bartender at the Ritz Paris’s…
Get a Tech Job, Babies!
Elise Broach on the rise in high-level science books for infants and toddlers, such as Ruth Spiro’s “Baby Loves Science”…
The Unlikely Journalist Who Looked Into the Heart of War
“From the Front Line,” a new collection of Vasily Grossman’s war reporting, helps us see how he changed the genre.…
The Simple Genius of Jon Klassen
Casey Cep on the work of Jon Klassen—the author and illustrator of “I Want My Hat Back”—who understands how children…
J. D. Vance’s Contemptuous Conversion Memoir
“Communion” tells the story of Vance's decision to become Catholic, but it’s strangely distasteful of the faith he has joined.…
What We’re Reading This Summer: Pocket Reads
New Yorker writers name favorites short enough to finish in a single sitting, including “The Girls of Slender Means,” “The…
Did a Chatbot Write a Prize-Winning Story? Does It Matter?
Katy Waldman writes on a prize-winning story by Jamir Nazir, published in Granta, suspected of being A.I.-generated, and what the…
Marilyn Monroe Made Being Photographed an Art
Rachel Syme, in an excerpt from “Marilyn Monroe 100,” writes about a dress of Monroe’s that Kim Kardashian wore to…
What’s Missing from Belle Burden’s “Strangers”
One of the biggest books of the year weaves a tale of financial peril, but court documents complicate the narrative.…