Reading the New Pynchon Novel in a Pynchonesque America
As for pace, “Shadow Ticket” reads like one of its subplots, about the Trans-Trianon 2000, a two-thousand-kilometre motorcycle…
Zoe Dubno on ‘Happiness and Love,’ Her Wickedly Funny Debut Novel Skewering New York’s Creative Class
At the beginning of Zoe Dubno’s debut novel, Happiness and Love, we find ourselves at a Downtown Manhattan…
R.F.K., Jr., Brings More Chaos to COVID Policy and the C.D.C.
Last month, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, demanded that Susan Monarez, the…
The Family Fallout of DNA Surprises
Lily Wood is forty-three years old but considers April 9, 2019, to be her “rebirth day.” That was…
58 Thoughts I Had While Watching ‘Happy Gilmore 2’
I’m going to be perfectly honest: I have never seen the first Happy Gilmore, which you might think…
What Actually Happens in the Second ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Book? We’re So Glad You Asked
Before we begin, a disclaimer: My tolerance for trashy literature is quite high. I love an airport novel—the…