CULTURE
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Kate Atkinson’s Obsession with History
“The book is a repository for the past,” Kate Atkinson once remarked about her début work. “The book is, in…
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Our A.I. Problem | The New Yorker
Although the data-center backlash may reflect a specific attempt to defy A.I.’s encroachment, the wellspring of “A.I. populism”—an umbrella term…
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The 2026 National Book Awards Longlist
Valeria Luiselli, “Beginning Middle End”Knopf / Penguin Random House Alexander Maksik, “Passengers”Europa Editions Kenan Orhan, “The Renovation”Farrar, Straus and Giroux…
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The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird
Birds are in trouble. Migratory shorebirds are in especially bad trouble. And long-distance migratory shorebirds, like the Hudsonian godwit, may…
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Anthropic and Donald Trump’s Dangerous Alignment Problem
In the new year, Musk welcomed Hegseth to a meeting at SpaceX headquarters, where Hegseth unveiled a new partnership with…
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Patricia Cornwell on Crime and Creativity
The crime novelist Patricia Cornwell has written more than forty books, which have altogether sold more than a hundred and…
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Addie Citchens on Judging Women and the Spirit Life of New Orleans
In your story “The City Is a Graveyard,” a woman in her forties goes for a run in New Orleans…
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The Iran War Spreads to Lebanon
On Tuesday, Israeli ground troops stormed across the border. (Israeli forces already occupy five positions captured during the previous war,…
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Can Donald Trump Win a War with Iran If He Can’t Explain Why He Started It?
When the President, in his first public remarks about the military campaign, appeared at the White House on Monday, he…
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The Ellison Media Empire Grows Again
Netflix projected insouciance. “We’ve always been disciplined,” Sarandos and Greg Peters, the other C.E.O., said in a statement. “This transaction…
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