But That's Another Story

Memoirist Jennifer Finney Boylan on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, transitionin... more

Writer Emily Gould on Eileen Myles’s Chelsea Girls, riot grrrl culture, and turning her ob... more

National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee on George Eliot's Middlemarch, imposter syndrome,... more

Novelist Rufi Thorpe on Jane Smiley’s Private Life, balancing motherhood with artistry, an... more

Novelist Melissa Rivero on Elie Wiesel’s Night, questioning God, and growing up undocument... more

New York Times food writer Melissa Clark on Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Jewish Brook... more

Scholar and podcaster Simran Jeet Singh on Malcolm X and Alex Haley’s The Autobiography of... more

Writer André Aciman on Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, bygone eras and luxurious summer ... more

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Writer Gretchen Rubin on Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary, finding joy and children’s lit... more

Businesswoman and philanthropist Melinda Gates on James Baraz's Awakening Joy, spiritualit... more

Writer Michael Frank on Pema Chodron’s When Things Fall Apart, infertility and waiting. To... more

Thought provocateur Michael Eric Dyson on James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, fictionalizi... more

Author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams on W.S. Merwin’s poem The Last On... more

TV writer Gary Janetti on Charles Dickens's David Copperfield, Armistead Maupin's Tales of... more

Author and playwright Jessica Hagedorn on Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, taking risks and the plac... more

This week, we're revisiting our conversation with Last Week Tonight writer Josh Gondelman,... more

Director and producer Lisa Cortes on Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, cultural consci... more

Writer Monique Truong on Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, food in literature, and seeing ... more

Editor of The New York Times Book Review Pamela Paul on Thalia Zepatos's A Journey of One'... more

Playwright and podcaster Janielle Kastner on C.S. Lewis's The Silver Chair, a winter liter... more