Celebrity Life
I Survived Bill Cosby. And I Will Not Be Defeated by His Release
On the final day of Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing in 2018, as I had prepared to leave the court for the last time, Detective Jim Reape—a witness in the trial where Cosby was found guilty of indecent assault—approached me. “There are a few people who’d like to meet you,” he said. Jim led me into…
Sally Rooney and the Art of the Millennial Novel
What does it mean to be a millennial? Bards of the generation across disciplines have varied takes: Taylor Swift’s catalog proposes a shared identity defined by a fixation on teenage heartbreak. Michaela Coel’s TV shows posit a tension between inner trauma and outward behavior. And Sally Rooney’s fiction suggests a reliance on the Internet and…
Why Nun Stories Are About to Become Your Next Pop-Culture Obsession
Movie stars, courtesans, spies, nuns: the aura of feminine mystery burns strong in all of them, but nuns may be the most enigmatic of all. Unless you’re among their ranks—and maybe even then—you can never really know them. When I was a Catholic school kid in the late 1960s and early ’70s, many of my…
The 34 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2021
Forget summer reading—fall is the season of literary bounty. The next few months bring with them a starry landscape full of returns from the buzziest names in the business as well as bold newcomers with hotly anticipated debuts. There’s a crime novel set in 1960s Harlem from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead, a posthumous…
Stevie Van Zandt’s New Memoir ‘Unrequited Infatuations’ Reveals Friendship With Springsteen and More
Musician covers his time with the E Street Band, anti-apartheid activism, acting on The Sopranos, and other personal stories in new book
Man Confesses to Killing ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Author Lois Duncan’s Daughter
Notorious decades-old cold case close to being solved after Paul Apodaca confessed to several murders, including that of Kaitlin Arquette
The Scottish Cafe Where J.K. Rowling Wrote Some Harry Potter Books Has Been Damaged by Fire
The Elephant House in Edinburgh suffered smoke and water damage after a blaze broke out
‘Putting It Together’ Takes Theater Lovers Behind the Scenes at Creation of ‘Sunday in the Park With George’
The indispensable new book from librettist James Lapine includes brand-new interviews with the original cast, the show’s complete script, and plenty of archival photos
8 local books to check out for National Day
Here are some of the best Singapore books published in the past 12 months.
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8 local books to check out for National Day
Here are some of the best Singapore books published in the past 12 months.
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Jason Reynolds: YA Books Make Us Feel Safe to Be Who We Really Are
The first time I ever thought about what my house was made of was when I learned it could be blown down. By wolves—big, bad wolves. Sure, “The Three Little Pigs” was supposedly a fairy tale about hard work. But for me, it was a warning about my own safety. And though I soon dismissed…
Lionel Messi Made Barcelona One of the Most Successful Soccer Teams in History. Now He Might Destroy It.
When Lionel Messi’s private jet touched down in Paris on Tuesday afternoon, it meant an abrupt end to his 20 years with FC Barcelona—the most productive player-club relationship in soccer history. The world’s best player joined Qatari-funded Paris St Germain days after Barcelona’s president Joan Laporta had admitted that the Catalan club couldn’t afford to…