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'Shark Drunk' är en fascinerande memoar om hajfiske vid norra polcirkeln där 'Moby Dick' möter Knausgårds 'Min Kamp.'
Funny Writers of Color Are Finally Being Taken Seriously
Paul Beatty's Man Booker-winning novel 'The Sellout' is part of a new wave of very funny, very serious literary works.
Bob Dylan Is the Perfect Nobel Winner
As a translator of one Nobel Prize contender and the former student of another, I'm not outraged. In fact, I think he's is the perfect choice.
The Origins of an Impostor: JT LeRoy's First Story
Read the first story written by the pseudonymous author who scandalized the literary establishment.
The Future of Sex Is Orgy Domes
We spoke to Emily Witt about her brilliant new book 'Future Sex', which takes on cultural myths around sexuality and sexual experimentation with a serious, radical eye.
The Joys and Dangers of Walking While Black
We spoke to Garnette Cadogan, whose brilliant essay in 'The Fire This Time' shows how walking is yet another arena where a black person must tread carefully.
Are Women More Susceptible to Cults?
Emma Cline's hot debut novel 'The Girls' explores the phenomenon of young women opting out of society and into cult-like groups such as the Manson Family
I Wrote a Children's Book That Was Rated Too Nasty for Kids
Who would've thought that a children's book called 'NASTYbook' would be deemed too disgusting and inappropriate for kids?
What It's Like to Get Exonerated of Murder After 21 Years in Prison
Relief, gratitude, paranoia, and keeping a butcher's knife under your pillow.
I Wrote 150 Porno Novels in Five Years
In an excerpt from 'Sin-a-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties,' a new anthology about the porno novels that marked the time, the legendary science fiction writer Robert Silverberg divulges how he and other authors learned their craft writing...
I Traveled to Every Supreme Store in the World to Understand the Meaning of Supreme
Read an exclusive excerpt from 'Supremacist,' a book about the cult of Supreme that's written by a guy who's obsessed with the streetwear brand, despite not knowing how to skate.
The Story of My Rape as a Young Man
"When I was raped, I learned things about myself and the world I live in that it would have been far better never to know. And for most of my adult life, the knowledge has been killing me."