01.29.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 01.29.2022 by Aaron Hicklin When Vivian met Lore met Nora Whether walking New York’s streets, or seeking a summer refuge upstate, the writers Lore Segal, Vivian Gornick, and Nora Eisenberg have a bond forged in conversation, argument, and contrarianism.
01.14.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 01.14.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Shelf Life: Joyce Maynard The veteran writer revisits Charlotte's Web and recalls the fallout from writing candidly about her teenage relationship with J.D. Salinger.
01.02.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 01.02.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Shelf Life: John Birdsall The food essayist and former chef explores the complicated legacy of the Dean of American Cookery, James Beard.
01.02.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 01.02.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Shelf Life: Nic Stone How the young adult novelist found inspiration in Louis Sachar's classic 1998 novel Holes, and Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides
12.26.2021 by Aaron Hicklin 12.26.2021 by Aaron Hicklin Joan Didion’s Vogue Years The late great writer on falling out of love with New York, the Condé Nast nurse who soothed her nerves with barbiturates, and why she was driven to write.
11.18.2021 by Aaron Hicklin 11.18.2021 by Aaron Hicklin Shelf Life: Alan Cumming In this episode, the droll star takes us into a dishy memoir of a Scottish actor and the devastating 1931 novel, Leaving Mr. McKenzie.
11.15.2021 by Aaron Hicklin 11.15.2021 by Aaron Hicklin Shelf Life: John Waters For our new podcast, the auteur behind such enduring classics as Pink Flamingos and Hairspray selects a good read for his desert island.
11.13.2021 by Aaron Hicklin 11.13.2021 by Aaron Hicklin The Sitwell Inheritance A newly-surface cache of ephemera shines a light on a literary trio that fascinated 1920s Britain.
11.10.2021 by Aaron Hicklin 11.10.2021 by Aaron Hicklin The all-star holiday tote for the tea-loving bibliophile in your life Is there anything better to beat the winter blues than a great book and a cup of tea?
10.19.2021 by Aaron Hicklin 10.19.2021 by Aaron Hicklin Luring Them In: Remembering the Queer Novel That Broke Barriers Between Gay & Straight Readers Felice Picano’s The Lure was an exercise in genre fiction and the first queer novel to make the popular Book of the Month Club.