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Huntington Library acquires the papers of Thomas Pynchon
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA rare photograph of Thomas R. Pynchon at around 18, from 1955. (Bettmann Archive) For the record:...
The 13 best novels (and 2 best short story collections) of 2023
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months ago(Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; photos from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Knopf...
Paul Murray suggests 6 reads that transport, captivate and inspire
The Week via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPaul Murray. Paul Murray. Irish novelist Paul Murray is the author of "An Evening of Long Goodbyes"...
Why Bother With the White-Guy Novel?
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPhoto illustration by Slate. Photo by Zinkevych/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Nearly 30 years ago, a much-talked-about essay in Harper’s magazine presaged...
50 Years Later, 'Gravity's Rainbow' Finally Came True
Esquire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1973, Thomas Pynchon unleashed his mega-meta epic on an America in between two epochs. His novel...
Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer-Winning Author Of ‘The Road,’ Dies
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCormac McCarthy's "The Road" won a Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a film. Cormac McCarthy, the...
Zadie Smith Never Should Have Listened to Her Critics
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPhoto illustration by Slate. Images via Ben Bailey-Smith and Monir Hossain/iStock/Getty Images Plus....
Does the Maximalist Novel Still Matter?
Esquire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOnce upon a time, a new Pynchon or DeLillo was an event. Now, Adam Levin's latest Mega-Novel raises questions about what, if anything, this type of...
Maya Rudolph's 6 most memorable roles
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn Apple TV+'s new series Loot, Maya Rudolph stars as a billionaire divorcée who goes on a journey of self-discovery, portraying a character who can, at...
Movie crew, director Paul Thomas Anderson film in Sacramento — but no sign of DiCaprio
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFour downtown blocks in Sacramento were closed off to traffic Saturday as a film crew shot footage...