Books

Dive Into Ocean Vuong’s “Briefly Gorgeous” Debut Novel

June 4, 2019

Already a poet on the rise, the young writer pens a stunning novel about first loves, immigrant families, and the opioid epidemic.

Two Oscar Wilde Characters Ponder the Meaning of Life, Art, and Cigarettes

May 29, 2019

In an excerpt from Wilde’s classic “The Critic as Artist,” a very “Interview” conversation.

We Asked New York’s Booksellers About Sally Rooney Fever

May 13, 2019

New York’s independent booksellers sound off on the Sally Rooney storm sweeping their stores.

Photographer Paige Powell on Entering Andy Warhol’s Inner Circle and Never Looking Back

April 23, 2019

The photographer, and former publisher of “Andy Warhol’s Interview,” reflects on how she got her foot in the door of the magazine and shares the artist’s famous business acumen.

Meet the ‘private librarian’ behind the bookshelves of 1970’s Upper East Side

September 28, 2018

“Rich people actually read books back then.”

A rare interview with Eve Babitz, the long sober, cool again author

April 6, 2018

According to the original cult L.A. writer, she’s just been living her life.

The 10 best books of 2017

December 22, 2017

Put these titles on your holiday reading list.

This book provides an energizing twist on the coming of ager

August 21, 2017

Chiara Barzini’s Things That Happened Before the Earthquake throws out all the clichés about what a teen girl is supposed to be