3 Body Problem’s Biggest DeparturesHow a notoriously unfilmable book trilogy got whittled down to a season of television while leaving the door open for more.
It’s the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35The books follow protagonists who want to become artists in a crumbling economy, inherit second sight in grief, and deal with our grave present.
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How to Get a Divorce in the 1950sAuthor Rowan Beaird’s debut, The Divorcées, set at one of Reno’s famed divorce ranches, is timelier than ever.
RuPaul’s Guide to Pop Ru-ltureDrag Show is full of pop-culture Ru-isms. Ru’s memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, acts as an index of references for fans and future contestants.
The Untold Stories of Birth MothersGretchen Sisson interviewed more than 100 women who placed their children for adoption. Almost all of them felt misled about the process.
How Kelly Link Wrote a Very Good First NovelTalking with the veteran short-story writer about the romance genre, checking Twitter while she writes, and her fantastical new work The Book of Love.
Lucy Sante: Here She Comes NowThe author of ‘Low Life’ and ‘Kill All Your Darlings’ tried to keep a safe distance from herself — and her own desires. Until, at 66, she broke free.