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Revisiting the Last Days of the Old, Decadent Oxford

A new photo book documents everything from ballrooms and bonfires to Boris Johnson

Want a Shot in Politics? Consider Being a Novelist First.

From Norman Mailer to Boris Johnson, going from writing to campaigning has come easy for some

Hilary Mantel Announces Break From Historical Fiction

The announcement came at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Books By Women Writing Under Male Pseudonyms to Be Republished Under Real Names

The Reclaim Her Name initiative wants to honor women writers, but is stripping them of their chosen names the best way to do that?

Alison Mosshart Talks Vintage Cars and Her Lifelong American Road Trip

The Kills' frontwoman celebrates all things vehicular with her two latest projects, "Car Ma" and "Sound Wheel"

7 Books You Should Be Reading This August

Great road novels, the power of investigative journalism and more

The Best Movies, TV, Books and Music for August

HBO's most ambitious series since “Watchmen,” all the Ken Burns you’d ever want and more

Ben Ehrenreich Went to the Desert to Figure Out the Future of Humanity

In his new book, the journalist dives deep into the history of the desert, but also the human condition

Stan Parish Is the International Man of Mystery Every Crime Writer Wants to Be

To write the great American highbrow thriller, one must first live it

Holly Golightly Almost Had a Very Different Name in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

A last-minute edit may have made the book what it is today

Would Christopher Hitchens Be Unemployable Today?

David Brooks makes the argument in a new column

Michael Cohen Returning to Home Confinement, Seeking Book Deal

A federal judge ruled that Cohen's return to federal prison was retaliatory

Author of "The Jordan Rules" Looks Back on a Changing NBA

"I had extraordinary access that doesn’t exist anymore, in any form," Smith said

Chris Frantz Reflects on Tina, David and the Final Years of Talking Heads

In his new memoir "Remain in Love," the band's drummer sets the record straight on their abrupt 1991 breakup

Revisiting the Mysterious Cold War Death of Dag Hammarskjöld

A new book explores a lingering United Nations mystery

How Crime Fiction Shaped the Coen Brothers

How books influenced a number of modern film classics