Author Tayari Jones Shares An Appreciation Of Toni Morrison
American writer Toni Morrison died Monday at age 88. Author Tayari Jones shares her appreciation of Morrison.
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'New Yorker' Writer Fears We're Fooling Ourselves In The Internet's 'Trick Mirror'
In her new book of essays, culture writer Jia Tolentino explores how social media shapes identity, public discourse and political engagement — particularly for millennials such as herself.
Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88
Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
'Our Women On The Ground' Unites Stories From Female Journalists In The Arab World
There's a deep fascination in the West with how women function in ultra-conservative societies where repression can be violent and even deadly. This anthology pulls back the curtain on those places.
'Gods Of The Upper Air' Traces The Birth Of Cultural Anthropology
Charles King tells the story of Franz Boas' powerful challenge to racial science — and of how others like Margaret Mead and Zora Neale Hurston contributed to that project.
Burned Out By Dating Apps? 'The Right Swipe' Will Relight Your Fire
Alisha Rai's new romance is a testament to the difficulty of modern dating, as the CEO of a successful dating app realizes she's been ghosted by the celebrity spokesman of her biggest business rival.
Tweet Little Lies: Embracing False Selves In The Internet's 'Trick Mirror'
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New Yorker Staff Writer Jia Tolentino about "Trick Mirror: Reflections On Self-Delusion," her new book of essays about the Internet, marriage, womanhood and more.
Smart And Snarky, 'The Westing Game' Provides Lasting Laughs
As part of our summer-long celebration of funny books, we've asked our writers to talk about things that made them laugh, like Ellen Raskin's witty and chaotic inheritance adventure The Westing Game.
A History Of The Mosquito, 'Our Deadliest Predator'
It's been called one of humans' deadliest predators. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to author Timothy C. Winegard about his new book about the mosquito.
Self/Made Makes Questioning Reality a Fun Way To Spend An Afternoon
In Matt Groom's trippy comic, a warrior in a fantasy kingdom discovers she's not a real person — instead, she's an NPC, a non-player character in a video game. But unlike most NPCs, she's self-aware.