Literature Created Behind the Scene
REVIEW: 'Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction' by Laura B. McGrath
My first encounter with a literary agent was in 1970, the year I worked in publishing for Quadrangle-New York Times Books. The agent was a man named Georges Borchardt. I was seeking the rights to publish a collection of the highbrow film criticism of his client Vernon Young. An Englishman, Young will always be memorable for me for informing Americans who too quickly called him by his first name that "My good friends call me Mr. Young. Won't you do likewise."
Royal Heirs and Royal Airs
REVIEW: 'The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made' by Caroline Hallemann
Life After Death
REVIEW: ‘Dispatches from Grief: A Mother’s Journey Through the Unthinkable’ by Danielle Crittenden
You Must Be This Crazy To Lose a Democratic Primary in 2026
Francesca Hong barely missed the cut in Wisconsin
ALERT: The Brocialists Are Dandymaxxing
Move over, Bernie schlubs. The revolution has entered its peacock phase.
An Inconvenient Rift: Abdul El-Sayed's Black Voter Problem
His allies have a history of racially charged outbursts
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The Perils of Pausing AI
A nonproliferation treaty didn’t stop the spread of nukes. It won’t rein in AI either.
'You're the Man': Democratic Nominee in Tossup House Race Is Caught on Tape Buttering Up Hasan Piker and Groveling To Get on His Show
William Lawrence told Piker that his primary opponents—whom he would defeat—were 'carpetbagging war hawks'
Fallen Cambridge Star Jason Arday’s ‘True Life’ Memoir Appears To Poach Life Events From His Favorite Soap Operas, ‘Spartacus,’ and ‘Forrest Gump’
A Free Beacon review of Arday’s memoir, out this week from Simon & Schuster, shows that his melodramatic autobiography tracks closely with plotlines from popular TV shows and movies
Abdul El-Sayed To Headline Islamic Event Alongside Pakistani Cleric Who Forced His 13-Year-Old Niece Into Marriage, Was Denounced for ‘Pedophilic Rhetoric’
Tariq Masood urged his congregants to marry off their own female children and invoked Sharia law on the question of women’s education
EXCLUSIVE: Congress Moves To Prohibit Foreign Adversaries From Accessing Sensitive US National Labs, Citing Counterintelligence Threat
Chinese, Russian, Iranian, North Korean, and Cuban nationals have a history of stealing national security secrets. Lawmakers say it's past time to lock the door.
Judge Who Ruled Harvard Failed Its Jewish Students Dismisses a Trump Case
‘Opinion summarized: “Your honor, my client may have killed the victim, but he hasn't killed anyone SINCE!”’