Child’s Play
Robert Stone’s biographer pieced together the novelist’s life by delving into his early years
Erik Larson
From Hemingway to Nancy Drew: for the writer, inspiration comes in many forms
Opera for Shut-Ins
From the Metropolitan Opera in New York to the Vienna State Opera, streaming without borders
Novels for the Quarantine
The season’s must-read fiction, from Hilary Mantel’s final Cromwell volume to Lawrence Wright’s book about a killer virus taking over the world. Yes, you read that right.
Warning Tracks
This Ides of March, the foreboding will be palpable. Some earlier prophecies from the Beatles, Marvelettes, dB’s, Leonard Cohen, Sly and the Family Stone, and others. Et tu, Ann Peebles?
Lexi Underwood
The 16-year-old Little Fires Everywhere actress isn’t like the other girls
Return of the Puppet Masters
Satire reborn: Spitting Image will be back. Stars, politicians, and royals beware
Murder Is Her Muse
Writer Sarah Phelps is shocking Agatha Christie purists—and re-inventing the genre
Casey Cep
Harper Lee’s biographer recommends the most revolutionary books in the genre
Songs That, Well, Cook
The author of See You on Sunday spends time in the kitchen with PJ Harvey, Uncle Tupelo, Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti, and others
Nothing to See Here
The author of a new biography on the Dalai Lama demystifies the leader’s unassuming stoicism
Too Close for Comfort
In HBO’s The Plot Against America, from the Philip Roth novel, the present-day parallels are profoundly disturbing
