The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.” ...

A great fuss surrounds Emerald Fennell’s anachronistic adaptation, but Emily Brontë’s ruthless text will always have the last word.

Reviews of Roland Petit’s “La Croqueuse de Diamants” and “Les Chaises Musicales,” Ana Ricarda’s “Del Amor y de la Muerte,” and a Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra concert.

The d.j.s depicted in “Hate Radio” radiated this sort of charisma: the jaunty Kantano Habimana, wearing a natty suit and riffing about women and weed (played by the Rwandan comedian Diogène Ntarindwa, ...

This year marks the hundred-and-seventy-fifth anniversary, or demisemiseptcentennial, of “Moby-Dick,” originally published in 1851. (Saving you the math.) Is it O.K. to have a “Moby-Dick” T-shirt for ...

Donald Trump himself forecast the epic length of the State of the Union address that he planned to deliver to Congress on ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Against the Encroaching Grays,” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “Almost ...

Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what ...

This year’s leading Oscar contenders are invigorated by performers notable for their personalities and wider-world ...

His rise was connected to so many aspects of modern American life, from reality television and information technology to ...

A new book asserts that we all might learn something from fetishists, who exist in playful surrender to the things that they covet.

Around a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Family members often ...