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To understand why the same Middle Americans and white working class who would have voted Democratic in different decades now supported Trump and the Tea Party, a far-thinking sociologist looks beyond sociological studies and travels to Louisiana to speak to people directly. Her book is an astonishing portrait of paradox and what she calls the […]

When I relax my hands and open my eyes to see Paulo striding along the bridge toward me with another goddamned cigarette between his lips, I fleetingly see him for what he is again: the sprawling thing from my dream, all sparkling spires and reeking slums and stolen rhythms made over with genteel cruelty. I […]

An excerpt of Ruth Franklin’s biography of Shirley Jackson, the author of seventeen books and many short stories including “The Lottery,” the bulk of which were written while she was immersed in raising—and being influenced by—her four children.

The Republican nominee has divided conservative media commentators, hosts, and personalities, who either see Trump as the right candidate to shake up a corrupt establishment, or a “frightening” and “train wreck” of a choice.

A profile of comedian and writer Ali Wong, whose work takes on the last taboos of female sexuality: pregnancy and motherhood.

Algorithms and artificial intelligence can now be used to write screenplays – but will they entertain human viewers?

Vintage snapshots tell stories, project tantalizing mysteries, and teach collectors about death, time, trauma and themselves. It’s not all about aesthetics.

Up and down the West African coast, the mighty sawfish — one of the region’s cultural anchors — has all but disappeared. Will it ever return?

Team Rubicon breaks rules to put veterans to work and assist people in need. Is this the facelift the aid industry needs?

Chabon takes his 13-year-old son to Paris fashion week and gains a greater understanding of who he is.