“An Exquisite, Terrifying Awareness”: On Iris Smyles’s “Droll Tales”
David Breithaupt reviews Iris Smyles’s new collection, “Droll Tales.”
David Breithaupt reviews Iris Smyles’s new collection, “Droll Tales.”
The celebrated detective novelist talks about his new book, the style of noir, and the powers of catharsis.
If you could have lunch with a famous person or a departed loved one, whom would you choose?
Some years ago, I entered a bookshop in Montmartre to browse the used titles. I struck up a conversation with the proprietor, an older gentleman who...
Some years ago, I entered a bookshop in Montmartre to browse the used titles. I struck up a conversation with the proprietor, an older gentleman who...
David Breithaupt interviews musician and activist Simon Tam.
David Breithaupt speaks to Ryan Chapman, author of “Riots I Have Known.”
David Breithaupt debriefs Duke Haney, author of “Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland.”
Brin-Jonathan Butler on the glory and madness of championship-level chess.
The author of a global history of concentration camps on the dehumanization rhetoric in the United States.
On aging rappers, Confederate statues, baseball logos, and surviving Donald Trump.
David Breithaupt reviews D. Foy’s new novel, “Patricide.”