Back when Ian Falconer’s Olivia was published in 2000, it was evident that the headstrong, creative piglet at its center was based on a real little girl. In interviews, Falconer—a set designer and ...

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Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. Back when Ian Falconer’s Olivia was published in 2000, it was evident that the headstrong, creative piglet at its ...

The celebrated author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” may have a cult following on campus and a reputation for formidable literary high jinks. But his novels are also just plain fun. Credit...Author photo by ...

Method acting often gets a lot of publicity, but some actors seemed to take the process a little far for comic book movie ...

US photographer Thomas Prior rarely deals in spectacle. Instead, his photographs circle the edges of things, attentive to atmospheres rather than events. His new book, Slip Me the Master Key, ...

Shadow Ticket,” Pynchon’s first book in a dozen years, unfolds its conspiracies in Depression-era Milwaukee and beyond, but ...

In addition to Pynchon's Shadow Ticket, this week's releases include a new memoir from Dopesick author Beth Macy, and a ...

New novels by Thomas Pynchon and Brandon Taylor; memoirs by Susan Orlean, Malala Yousafzai and Tim Curry; the conclusion of an epic fantasy series by Philip Pullman; and more. Credit...The New York ...

Charlotte Street and Whitmore Lane were both recognised as "dens of infamy, shoeless feet, broken heads and flat noses" where ...