In 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Bostock vs. Clayton County that transgender people are legally protected from employment discrimination. This
In 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Bostock vs. Clayton County that transgender people are legally protected from employment discrimination. This
A few months ago, I was on a panel of literary magazine editors when an audience member asked the question, “Why is there no humor in literary writing?” This question resonated with me. There are numerous examples of great works that are humorous: Don Quixote, The Canterbury Tales, Orlando. Does the collective consciousness of our society consider literary work to be too
The Books That Made Me: 8 Writers on Their Literary Inspirations
In decades past, the Book Review occasionally asked young authors about their biggest influences. For our 125th anniversary, we put the question to a new generation.
Video
April 15, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
In 1984, The New York Times Book Review presented a group of writers under 40 with a simple challenge: Name the writer or writers who have most influenced your work and explain how. While many of these authors were just beginning their careers, they later became some of the most widely read and respected artists of their generation Ann Beattie, Denis Johnson, Gloria Naylor and Frederick Barthelme, to name only a few.