Articles of Note

The word blurb was coined in 1907, but marketing puff is as old as novels themselves. Nowadays it's a grubby economy of mutual back-scratching  ... more »

New Books

George Packer, one our best reporters and storytellers, has a knack for picking memorable subjects. His latest: his own anxieties about America's future   ... more »

Essays & Opinions

Historical fiction has long been the fusty domain of mothballed characters using words like “Prithee!” No more  ... more »