How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
By Toby Young.

Kurt Cobain was a man addicted to contradiction -- among other things. And his journals are the daily diary of an American dream -- and nightmare.

Battleground New York: Why the war at home is a stalled campaign.

Jonathan Lethem’s new novel is located somewhere on a grid defined by race relations, a comic book, and spaldeens. But where, exactly?

By changing TV--first ABC Sports, then ABC News--Roone Arledge changed the way we see the world (and invented a host of stars, from Geraldo to Barbara Walters, besides).

After saving himself from alcohol, Bill Wilson founded AA and saved millions of others. But Susan Cheever forgives him his other addictions.

Living History comes up short on gossip and revenge, but why blame Hillary for being a politician?

Legendary adman George Lois, whose new book, $ellebrity, is published this month, created some of the most memorable campaigns of the past 45 years, from “I want my Maypo” to “I want my MTV.” His Esquire covers—featuring Nixon in lipstick, Muhammad Ali as Saint Sebastian, and Andy Warhol drowning in a can of Campbell’s soup—inspired a generation of editors and designers. In the process, he helped midwife the birth—say it ain’t so, George—of modern celebrity culture. And along the way, no one had more fun. A talk with a modern master (Bronx accent not included).

The hero of Annie Proulx's new novel is overwhelmed by the Texas-size characters in his supporting cast -- which is part of the fun.

To have your own fun in the summer, it appears necessary to have contempt for someone else’s.