TELL-ALL
Real Housewife Heather Gay on Jen Shah, Black Eyes, and Writing a Memoir
February 7, 2023
“It’s embarrassing to realize how easily I was duped, but it’s comforting to know that so was a lot of America,” Gay says of Jen Shah’s fraud.
LIT
A Boy’s Own Story is Now a Graphic Novel. Edmund White Has Thoughts.
January 10, 2023
“In a real autobiography, I think your obligation is to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. I don’t like it.”
NOSTALGIA
Meet Me in the Bathroom Is a Portal to the Early Aughts
November 4, 2022
“Is there ever going to be a scene again? Is it all over? Is everything the worst now?”
Jordan Castro’s The Novelist: Sincerity? Irony? Or Based Autofiction?
June 9, 2022
The alt-lit author spoke to Gideon Jacobs about shitposting, self-promotion, and staying hopeful.
Under Cover
Stop Scrolling, Start Reading
February 23, 2022
19 writers prove that reading is the hottest trend right now.
literature
Rachel Kushner and Laura Owens on the Power of Reinvention Through Writing
March 9, 2021
From opposite coasts, the longtime friends took to Zoom to chat about setting kitchens on fire, running over mattresses, and the difference between writing and painting.
Ilana Masad’s “All My Mother’s Lovers” Examines Queerness Across Generations
June 8, 2020
The author’s debut novel unearths truths that are less ugly than they are complicated.
Office Poll: Here’s What the Interview Editors are Reading
May 1, 2020
From homosexual erotica to champagne-popping Hollywood dolls, there’s a book for everyone needing an escape.
Emily Gould Is Looking Forward to Menopause
April 13, 2020
The blogger-turned-novelist on what it takes to protect your creative life while raising kids.
Hilary Leichter Wrote the Origin Myth of the Gig Economy
March 20, 2020
Her new novel, “Temporary,” explores the alienated lives at the heart of today’s workforce.
Coffee Table Curator: Peter Berlin, Brooke Shields’s Calvins, and Shirtless Olympians
January 20, 2020
Books hot off the presses for when the temperatures drop (and rise) and there’s really not much else to do.
Larry Kramer Is Still the Angriest Gay Man in the World
December 13, 2019
The AIDS activist and writer tells the actor Ellen Barkin why his fight is far from over.
Benjamin Moser and Gary Indiana On the Dark Brilliance of Susan Sontag
September 11, 2019
The book of the season is an 832-page brick about the most confounding essayist in American history—and it couldn’t have arrived at a better time.
Coffee Table Curator: Yeezy, Disco, and Ellsworth Kelly’s Plants
August 26, 2019
Showing—no, telling—you which September books to add to your living room repertoire.
Coffee Table Curator: Matthew McConaughey, Alfred Hitchcock, and Helmut Newton’s Nudes
August 1, 2019
Showing—no, telling—you which August books to add to your living room repertoire, from Key West to Tulum and back again.
Writer Kate Zambreno On Kathy Acker, Guibert, and the Paradox of the Author Photo
July 24, 2019
“To be a writer here, you are expected to be an image. You are expected to be good at getting your photograph taken.”
Smelling Notes: Sniffing Out Summer’s Freshest Books for Every Kind of Voyage
July 15, 2019
Eight book and perfume pairings for every kind of summer vacation—whether a girls’ trip, a bros’ trip, or an ego trip.
Coffee Table Curator: Karl Lagerfeld, Alex Katz, and An Ode to Flexi Discs
July 1, 2019
A feature highlighting the month’s best art books; your remote control and coasters will look chic by association.
Andy Warhol’s Picture Books Are A Surreal, Horny Fairy Tale
June 25, 2019
Starring a sassy chimney, some hard-partying chairs, and a horny headboard.
Texting With Olivier Assayas About iPads, Affairs, and “Non-Fiction”
June 13, 2019
We wanted to know how the filmmaker feels about the state of the modern world, so shot him a 3am “You up?” text.