The playwright offered a kind of on-ramp to the literary canon, a way into a life of unabashed, unstoppable thinking.

Are the higher speed and intensity that have made the game so fun to watch the very forces that are sidelining its stars with ...

Your story in this week’s issue, “ Safety ,” is about two childhood friends, Nicole and Yasmina, whose lives diverge, ...

The writer-director talks about the art of dialogue, his love of marital fight scenes, and how his new film, “Jay Kelly,” ...

The poem confirmed the ascent of a rare new voice—a mesmerizing voice that became indispensable to American verse.

And, indeed, upon watching it, I agreed that the movie largely worked—the clunkers clunked hard, but, when the jokes and gags ...

In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite ...

Ann Hermes spent six years documenting American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of ...

From the daily newsletter: despite the President’s claim of diplomatic triumph, the conflict in Congo is complex.

The Trump Administration has claimed that it’s nearing a deal to end the war, but, for now, the conflict’s essential impasse ...

How the restaurateur Gabrielle Hamilton—of the beloved New York City establishment Prune—became a noted memoirist.

Taylor Sheridan’s oil-industry drama trades in gender stereotypes, reactionary politics, and blatant product placement. Why, ...