Book Review: Barry Diller’s Excellent And Enlightening “Who Knew”

To this day, I wish I’d asked why the longtime Democrat was at right-leaning Hoover, but this was Barry Diller. Everyone wants to talk to him. Which in a sense explains this review of his excellent ...

The Zorg: meticulously researched book is likely to ‘become a classic’

As Siddharth Kara relates in this harrowing but fascinating book, “the Zorg’s trans-Atlantic crossing plumbed the depths of ...

The men who built the American literary canon

Outraged at what he deemed a literary injustice, Malcolm Cowley used his influence as a consulting editor at Viking and a well-connected critic to give Faulkner his due. In 1944-45 he published a ...
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Anne Lamott’s Battle Against Writer’s Block

Bird by Bird encouraged would-be writers to blast past their hang-ups and embrace “shitty first drafts.” But there’s more to ...

Want to solve a mystery this winter? Four new series will test your sleuthing skills

"His & Hers" on Netflix, "Bookish" on PBS and a pair of mysteries from Harlan Coben, on CBS and Netflix, offer different ...

Stream It Or Skip It: 'Found' On Netflix, About A Crisis Management Team That Finds People Who Are Missing

Shanola Hampton, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Kelli Williams and Gabrielle Walsh star in the Greg Berlanti-produced procedural.