Playing with Fire
For the years that Australia banned Philip Roth’s controversial novel Portnoy’s Complaint, a cottage industry churned out handmade bootleg copies
A Picture Worth a Thousand Sins
Taken in her London home, it was the photo that became synonymous with Ghislaine Maxwell’s culpability. Why hasn’t the U.K. taken action against her?
Working Girl
In Brown v. Board of Education, more than a dozen attorneys fought to overturn school segregation. Only one of them juggled a legal career and motherhood
Literary Exile
Kate Clanchy’s memoir about teaching children was beloved by critics and readers. Then a Twitter storm called for it—and its author—to be canceled
Mr. StarCraft
Elon Musk’s love for video games has informed his career, from PayPal to Tesla, more than perhaps anything else
An Unblessed Arrangement
Inside the turbulent life and times of Consuelo Vanderbilt, the last heiress to be able to blame her unhappy marriage on someone other than herself
The Newest Trick Is the Book
Hugo Hamilton’s latest is narrated by an unusual protagonist: a novel
France’s Enfant Terrible
Michel Houellebecq’s books have shocked and appalled readers. His latest novel proves there are insights behind the controversies
Lorraine Hansberry’s Other Half
A new book explores the role of Robert Nemiroff in the success of Lorraine Hansberry, the force behind A Raisin in the Sun with Sidney Poitier
The Fifth Beatle
While John, Paul, George, and Ringo became the most recognizable names in the world, Brian Epstein worked behind the scenes to keep the boys together. Nearly 60 years on, we revisit his memoir
