Daniel Okrent

James Mustich talks with Daniel Okrent about his new book, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. Read more...

Scott Turow: Innocent

Sarah Weinman interviews Scott Turow about his new novel Innocent, a long-awaited sequel to Presumed Innocent.

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Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald on writing the book she wished was there when she turned forty.

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Diane Ravitch

A talk with Diane Ravitch on testing, accountability, and The Death and Life of the Great American School System.

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Duff Goldman: How to Cook a Wookiee

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Hugh Ambrose on The Pacific

The author of The Pacific talks about the book, the HBO series, and the dark side of the "Good War."

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Chang-rae Lee

The author of The Surrendered on war, fiction, and the poetry of survival. Read more...

Judith Warner

A conversation with the author of We've Got Issues about children, pharmaceuticals, mental illness, and mythology. Read more...

Don DeLillo

The author on his new novel Point Omega, time and loss, Teilhard de Chardin, and Alfred Hitchcock.

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Joshua Ferris

The author of The Unnamed speaks about science, medicine, and the unknowable aspect of being human. Read more...

Anne Tyler

An email conversation with the author about her new book, the work of planning a novel, and what books she'd leave behind if she could. Read more...

Table Talk with Thomas Keller

The chef famous for the French Laundry and Per Se speaks about the comforts of family food, the grace of repetition, and his bestselling new book, Ad Hoc at Home.

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Stewart Brand

The legendary creator of The Whole Earth Catalog speaks about his new book, and his evolving ideas about the relationship of humanity with the planet. Read more...

Michael Chabon

The award-winning novelist on siblings, and deadlines, and his new essay collection Manhood for Amateurs. Read more...

Jeannette Walls

The author of the new "true-life novel" Half Broke Horses on writing her grandmother's life. Read more...

James Ellroy: Blood's A Rover

The author of L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia and American Tabloid on the craft of writing, Dylan Thomas, and the life of a seeker.

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Richard Russo

The novelist on awards, ambition, magic, and Paul Newman. Read more...

Megan Abbott

The author of Bury Me Deep talks with us about the allure of a lost era of glamour and crime. Read more...

Richard Holmes

The author of The Age of Wonder discusses the feats of Romantic science. Read more...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The author of Half of a Yellow Sun on her new story collection. Read more...

Elmore Leonard

A dialogue with the master of dialogue, on Road Dogs and more.

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Simon Schama

A talk about the craft of history, and America's historic election. Read more...

Laila Lalami

The author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits discusses her just-published first novel, Secret Son, and her popular literary blog. Read more...

Pamela Newkirk: Letters from Black America

A new book unveils two centuries of illuminating correspondence. Read more...

T. C. Boyle

An email exchange with the bestselling author about his latest novel, The Women. Read more...

Tom Stoppard

The playwright on Chekhov, translation and finding the next line. Read more...

Allen St. John: The Billion Dollar Game

Allen St. John discusses the strange business of sports' biggest spectacle. Read more...

Mark Bittman

The author of Food Matters on the reasons for embracing conscious eating. Read more...

Azar Nafisi: Things I've Been Silent About

The critic and memoirist on the teaching power of fiction -- and the need for a bailout of the imagination. Read more...

Billy Collins: Ballistics

An in-depth talk with the former Poet Laureate, author of the newly published Ballistics. Read more...

May 23: Girolamo Savonarola was hanged on this day in 1498 and then incinerated in the same piazza in which the citizens of Florence had earlier attended more than one "bonfire of the vanities." George Eliot's 1863 novel Romola,

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Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

When a job at a French ad agency landed in his lap, novelist Rosecrans Baldwin had the chance to fulfill a lifelong dream of living la vie Parisienne. And though cold réalité intruded -- in the form of financial struggles and the limits of his rudimentary Francais -- the result was a more mature take on the city of his fantasies, flaws included.

Why Cats Land on Their Feet

The feline acrobatics and other mysteries of everyday physics that Mark Levi explores in this charming book are just the beginning. A fun and enlightening workout for your gray matter.

Dead Men

Scott's doomed Antartic expedition and the haunting mysteries surrounding its failure lead to obsession in Richard Pierce's debut novel. As painter Birdie Bowers pursues her fascination with the explorer and his death, she risks both her body and her heart for answers.