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At WNYC, an Uncertain Path Out of Scandal The radio institution tolerated harassment and bullying for years. Now, its CEO must satisfy angry staffers without sliding into an overzealous panic.
10 of the Most Exciting Book Releases for 2018 Get ready for Zadie Smith, Meg Wolitzer, and more.
The Met to Charge $25 Admission Fee for Out-of-Town Visitors The Metropolitan Museum of Art is eliminating its “suggested donation” policy for nonlocal guests.
8 New Books You Need to Read This January Including titles by Dave Eggers, Mira Lee, and Denis Johnson, plus Michael Wolff’s look inside Trump’s wild White House.
Downsizing’s Hong Chau Is Sick of Talking About That Accent“I’ve had so many interviews with people about the accent, the accent, the accent. It’s a necessary conversation but not a very fun conversation.”
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7 Books You Need to Read This November Including titles by Anthony Quinn, Nadia Murad, A.J. Jacobs, and more.
new york 50th anniversary
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What Oskar Eustis Has Learned From 30 Years of Friendship With Tony Kushner “There’s no artist I’ve learned more from than Tony, and what I’ve learned is a kind of fearless grandiosity.”
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Art of Fielding Plagiarism Accusations Have Been a Low-Level Menace for YearsCharles Green’s allegations have been disseminated to one outlet after another that knew better than to publish a damaging story with no actual proof.
9 Books You Need to Read This September New from Jesmyn Ward, Eileen Myles, Salman Rushdie, and more.
fall preview 2017
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The Rise and Return of Jesmyn Ward From small-town Mississippi to an out-of-the-blue National Book Award — then back to Mississippi to write her third novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing .
8 Books You Need to Read This August By Claire Messud, Cree LeFavour, Frederick Crews, and more.
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On Set and Behind-the-Scenes Photos of The Leftovers Finale Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Mimi Leder, and the finale of The Leftovers.
How to End a TV Show: An Exclusive Look at the Making of The Leftovers Finale The hardest part about making Damon Lindelof’s Apocalypse-obsessed follow-up to Lost was figuring out how it should end.
Why The Leftovers Did an ‘International Assassin’ Sequel There was a lot of discussion of the Bourne and Bond movies.
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May 15, 2017
Why The Leftovers ’ ‘Sex on a Boat’ Episode Was So Expensive By the end of the episode they were almost $70,000 over budget.
How The Leftovers Picked 5 Iconic Melbourne Locations for Kevin & Nora’s Episode “We
took our eyes off the street for ten minutes and we had our
own graffiti tagged.”
7 New Books You Need to Read This May By Colm Toíbín, Tessa Hadley, Patricia Lockwood, and more.
Scott Glenn on His Bonkers Episode of The Leftovers “I was overjoyed. I called Damon up and I said, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.’”
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Apr. 23, 2017
The Writer Behind Nora’s Wu-Tang Clan Tattoo on The Leftovers “I
think it was probably the weirdest pitch that I had to offer.”
Mark Linn-Baker on His Grand Leftovers Return “It
was a great opportunity for me to do something unexpected.”
inside the leftovers
Apr. 16, 2017
backstories
Apr. 16, 2017
With Rumors, Scandal, and a Record Budget Shortfall, What Broke the Met? Just a year ago, the museum was planning an ambitious expansion and touting record attendance. Now its director has been ousted.
adaptations
Mar. 31, 2017
With AMC’s The Son , Novelist Philipp Meyer Is Ready to Test Hollywood The adaptation is a more genre-fied and only slightly less sprawling version of the original.
spring preview 2017
Mar. 21, 2017
8 New Books You Need to Read This March By Jami Attenberg, Hari Kunzru, Elif Batuman, and more.
a long talk
Feb. 14, 2017
George Saunders Discusses Lincoln in the Bardo , His Offbeat Debut Novel “America is this really cool idea that has never gotten its shit together 100 percent.”
7 Books You Need to Read This February By George Saunders, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ali Smith, and more.
8 Books You Need to Read This January By Aravind Adiga, Paul Auster, Rachel Cusk, and more.
most anticipated of 2017
Jan. 3, 2017
25 of the Most Exciting Book Releases for 2017 Stretch out your preorder finger for releases from George Saunders, Roxane Gay, Paula Hawkins, and more.
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15 of the Year’s Most Giftable Books Gifts for everyone your list, including Niece Trying to Occupy Trump Tower and the Complicated Cousin.
7 Books You Need to Read This December By Michael Lewis, Siri Hustvedt, Ratika Kapur, and more.
vulture cover story
Nov. 27, 2016
Natalie Portman Is Jackie Kennedy In the midst of newfound political turmoil, the actress revives the First Lady onscreen, a woman whose private resolve and public grace may have held the nation together.
Natalie Portman Is Jackie Kennedy In the midst of newfound political turmoil, the actress revives the First Lady, whose private resolve and public grace held the nation together.
vulture cover story
Nov. 20, 2016
Michael Chabon on His New Book and Donald Trump The Moonglow author spoke to New York about how much memoir needs to be in a memoir and saying a reluctant good-bye to President Obama.
Finding a Resilient Spirit at the 2016 National Book Awards “I hit upon something that was making me feel better,” fiction winner Colson Whitehead said. “‘Be kind to everybody, make art, and fight the power.’”
vulture lists
Nov. 7, 2016
26 Very Long Books Worth the Time They’ll Take to Read Ranging from Miguel de Cervantes in 1605 to Alan Moore in 2016.
7 Books You Need to Read This November By Michael Chabon, Zadie Smith, Wesley Lowery, and more.
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Talking to Belated Literary Upstart Nell Zink Achieving fame hasn’t stopped the novelist from speaking her mind about the book business.
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