The author of “The Eleventh Hour” looks back on a few works—by Mikhail Bulgakov, Franz Kafka, Voltaire, and E. M.

Ira Sachs’s film, starring Ben Whishaw as the renowned photographer and Rebecca Hall as his interviewer, is a personal ...

The Atlantic C.E.O.—and author of “The Running Ground”—discusses four books about how demanding physical pursuits can change ...

The narrator is out walking the family’s dog when a man suddenly appears in her path. She realizes, with dread, that it’s a person who’s been stalking her. After initially becoming fixated on her, he ...

Katy Waldman A staff writer covering books and culture.

New Yorker writers recommend books—including a history of the term “gold-digger” and a roman à clef about an Amazon warehouse ...

Heidi Blake An investigative journalist and contributing writer to The New Yorker.

In 1974, the photographer described his day to a journalist: a shoot with Allen Ginsberg, a chat with Susan Sontag. The ...

L augh and L ie D own, by Robert Cantwell (Farrar & Rinehart). An excellent novel of obscure emotions and futile loves which makes the inertia of average life more thrilling than most melodrama.

St. Vincent, the stage name of Annie Clark, is a musician, a producer, and a director, known internationally for her ...

A new introduction to the great philosopher’s work foregrounds its revolutionary nature and far-reaching impact.

From the daily newsletter: the legal writer Ruth Marcus on why the President and his allies have floated a seemingly ...