Revisiting the True Crime Case That Inspired Edgar Allan Poe
One of his stories echoes a mysterious discovery
Excerpt: How to Survive an Owl Attack
The dignified birds are apparently not to be trifled with
A New Memoir Chronicles Life With a Stutter
An interview with John Hendrickson, author of “Life on Delay”
Viola Davis Entered the August Company of EGOT Winners
She's the 18th person to do so
Joan Didion's NYC Apartment Is For Sale For $7.5 Million
Doesn't look like a bad place to write at all
TASCHEN's Semiannual Sale Means It's the Best Day for Your Coffee Table
Take up to 75% hundreds of titles from this high-end arthouse publisher
The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This February
Including Salman Rushdie’s latest novel and an in-depth look at American fitness
Two Historians Take on Misinformation With a New Anthology
“Myth America” is out now
Is the World Ready for a Dee Snider Novel?
That's not a rhetorical question
Who Are These People Who Refuse to Read?
Inspired by their tech heroes, never-readers think books are a waste of time
What Can Medieval Monks Teach Us About Concentration?
Talking distraction with the author of “The Wandering Mind”
Relive the Early Days of Aviation in John Lancaster's "The Great Air Race"
In 1919, the nation's best aviators embarked on a daring competition
How Prince Harry Became the Most Annoying Man in America
Imagine if complaining about your family was your only marketable skill?
Did a Romance Novelist Fake Her Own Death?
An especially surreal literary scandal
What Was It Like to Edit J.D. Salinger?
A candid array of correspondence emerges
The Novel That Inspired a Classic Baseball Movie Was Almost Lost Forever
The long road to "For Love of the Game"