The writer Melissa Febos has a taste for extremes. Her new book, “The Dry Season,” chronicles a bold experiment in her search for self-knowledge.
Category: Writing and Writers
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After Childbirth Put Me in a Coma, I Couldn’t Remember My Faith
Life-threatening complications changed how I prayed and everything I believed.
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The Ditch Weekly, a Teen-Run Newspaper, Reports on the Hamptons From a Different Angle
The Ditch Weekly, a paper by middle and high schoolers in Long Island, is covering the Hamptons from a new angle.
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Will Writing Survive A.I.? The Media Startup Every Is Betting on It.
The start-up Every centered its business model on artificial intelligence, and has raised $2 million from backers including Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn.
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Warm-Up Rituals: How Actors, Comedians and Musicians Get Ready
We asked creative professionals how they prepare for their gigs. Jeff Daniels says “budda-gudda” a lot.
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I Searched the World’s Holiest Places for a God
When I was growing up in India, gods and religions seemed to be everywhere. But I needed to find faith my own way.
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Billy Woods Is Scary Good at Rapping
His 12th solo album, “Golliwog,” arrives at a peak in his career as a verbally inventive, independent hip-hop artist. It’s also full of horror stories.
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The Literary ‘It’ Girl Who Continues to Fascinate
Françoise Sagan’s first novel “Bonjour Tristesse” was published in 1954. With a new film adaptation, the book and its author still holds sway.
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The Literary ‘It’ Girl Who Continues to Fascinate
Françoise Sagan’s first novel “Bonjour Tristesse” was published in 1954. With a new film adaptation, the book and its author still holds sway.
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Robert Benton, Influential Director and Screenwriter, Dies at 92
After collaborating on the script for “Bonnie and Clyde,” he went on to write and direct “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart.”
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What It Means to Be a ‘Well Woman,’ According to Amy Larocca, Author of ‘How to Be Well’
In her new book, “How to Be Well,” the writer Amy Larocca draws readers down a rabbit hole of serums, supplements and colonics. We know a lot of it doesn’t work. Why do we want it anyway?
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How a Film Critic Was Lured Back to Literature
A.O. Scott, who reviewed movies for The New York Times for more than two decades, is now a roving critic for the Book Review.