The comic novel would have told Gansler all he needed to know about what really goes on.
The Style Blog: Books
Cheryl Strayed ‘zaps’ her critics
Within eight hours, her post had garnered more than 3,000 "likes" and hundreds of supportive comments.
National Book Critics Circle celebrates 40 years of reviewing
Members were asked to choose their favorite finalist from the past four decades.
Joyce Carol Oates skewers Robert Frost as a sexist, racist old bore
The upcoming issue of Harper's magazine contains a fictionalized encounter with the New England poet.
Eleanor Catton wins the 2013 Man Booker Prize
Eleanor Catton wins Man Booker Prize for "The Luminaries"
An answer to publishers’ prayers
For all the complaints about godless Washington, you wouldn’t know it from this week’s nonfiction bestseller list. The most popular titles in the Washington area have a distinctly biblical glow: For the second week in a row, “Killing Jesus,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, is No. 1. This is the third in their spectacularly […]
Silver anniversary of the PEN/Faulkner gala
Literary stars light up the stage at Washington's Folger Shakespeare Library
The indelible stain of Abu Ghraib washed clean
Nick Flynn offered a fantastic presentation about his life and his poetry, but one disturbing revelation stood out.
Novelists sound off on what ails our health-care debate
Lionel Shriver, Jonathan Evison and Jodi Picoult decry GOP opposition to Obamacare.
Dan Zevin wins Thurber Prize for American Humor
"Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad" offers comic take on parenthood.