Among the Moderate Chic at Bari Weiss’s Book Party The embattled Establishment assembles to celebrate the Times op-ed columnist’s book on anti-Semitism.
fall preview 2019
Sept. 5, 2019
The Best and Biggest Books to Read This Fall From Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, Salman Rushdie, and more.
the industry
Aug. 5, 2019
Can You Indemnify Against Dick Pics? The rise of scandal insurance in Hollywood.
7 New Books You Should Read This July Colson Whitehead, Helen Phillips, Lisa Taddeo, and more.
Is It Time to Root for Roger Ailes? The making of Showtime’s series about the Fox News founder.
7 New Books You Should Read This June James Ellroy, Lauren Mechling, Ocean Vuong, and more.
weinstein books
May 30, 2019
Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein Book Will Be Personal, He Says in Surprise Appearance Popping into a BookExpo lunch, he talked about “some of the low points I’m now reliving.”
literary lions
May 17, 2019
Herman Wouk, 1915 to 2019 The author of The Caine Mutiny and Marjorie Morningstar died today at 103.
the mueller report
Apr. 18, 2019
How to Read Your Mueller Report (and How Long You’ll Have to Wait) From a no-frills mass-market edition to an audiobook to Alan Dershowitz, five ways to get the goods.
awp conference
Apr. 1, 2019
Six Great Things That Happened at the AWP Conference Highlights from the continent’s biggest annual writers’ conference, held last week in Portland.
Are We in a Podcast Bubble? Podcasting is suddenly more than a mission; it’s an industry.
7 New Books You Should Read This March Helen Oyeyemi, John Lanchester, and more.
class is in session
Jan. 17, 2019
‘We Are Living in Evil’: Discussing Friday Black ’s Horrific Truths The Vulture Spoiler Book Club on the shocking, hilarious, deeply moral stories of Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
most anticipated 2019
Jan. 7, 2019
37 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2019 From old favorites (Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith) to new favorites (Sally Rooney, Marlon James), plus sequels to Olive Kitteridge and The Handmaid’s Tale.
8 New Books You Should Read This January Chigozie Obioma, Kristen Roupenian, and more.
Mimi Leder on RBG: ‘We Know What It Means to Have Doors Slammed in Our Faces’ The director of On the Basis of Sex on how her own career has mirrored that of RBG’s.
my favorite places
Dec. 9, 2018
6 New Books You Should Read This December A Rock Hudson biography, this year’s Booker Prize winner, and more.
vulture insiders book club
Nov. 19, 2018
Breakout Author Jamel Brinkley on Men, Gentrification, and ‘Safari Literature’ His debut collection, Lucky Man , was a fiction finalist for last week’s National Book Awards.
8 New Books You Should Read This October Gothic novels, big-deal biographies, and more.
The Backlash to the Backlash at The New York Review of Books Over a hundred contributors, and PEN America, protest the ouster of editor Ian Buruma.
The Big-Money, Big-Deal Books of the Fall All the season’s probable (or wannabe) best sellers, from Michelle Obama, Michael Lewis, Sally Field, David Blight, and (sorry) Tucker Carlson.
audiobooks
Sept. 20, 2018
Audiobooks Are the New E-books, Except They Might Keep Growing The rise of audiobooks is a tech story, and the battle for its future involves the same players as the e-book wars.
brooklyn book festival 2018
Sept. 17, 2018
The 6 Most Memorable Moments From the Brooklyn Book Festival From James Baldwin’s gender politics to the mass extinction of book reviews.
class is in session
Sept. 17, 2018
Welcome to Vulture’s First Spoiler Book Club: Severance by Ling Ma “This whole book was my favorite ‘Why I Left New York’ essay of all time.”
vulture picks
Aug. 26, 2018
Neil Simon’s 29 Plays and Four Musicals: A Guide to the Highs and Lows A guide to the playwright’s body of work, which spanned nearly 50 years.
vulture lists
Aug. 6, 2018
8 New Books You Should Read This August Ling Ma’s Severance , Sam Anderson’s Boom Town , and more.
vulture lists
July 3, 2018
7 New Books You Should Read This July Megan Abbott, Keith Gessen, and more.
summer preview 2018
May 30, 2018
20 Philip Roth Books, Ranked The indispensable, the significant, the disposable, and everything in between.
Junot Díaz’s Accuser Confronted Him Live During a Q&A It was unclear to the hundreds of attendees whether Díaz recognized her, or pretended not to.
Eight New Books You Should Read This May Rachel Kushner, Jamel Brinkley, Michael Ondaatje, William Trevor, and more.
sexual harassment
Apr. 26, 2018
theater review
Apr. 11, 2018
8 Books You Should Read This April Elaine Castillo, Meg Wolitzer, Sloane Crosley, and more.
theater review
Mar. 26, 2018
Theater Review: Lobby Hero Comes Knocking Again Kenneth Lonergan’s 2001 play finally makes it to a Broadway house.
investigations
Mar. 16, 2018
The Paris Review Is Looking for the Right WomanThe distinguished literary journal, thrown sideways by #MeToo, wants a new leader for a new era.
The Man Who Brought You Veep Is Turning His Satirical Gaze to Moscow Trust Armando Iannucci, who makes profanity into poetry, to find the hidden hilarity in murderous political upheaval.
Last Call for George Plimpton’s Apartment, and the Era It Embodied Notes from a final gathering at the late Paris Review editor’s storied home.
6 Books You Should Read This March By Uzodinma Iweala, Mallory Ortberg, Alan Hollinghurst, and more.
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