Molly Young is a writer living in New York. Her work has appeared in New York magazine and n+1, and she blogs about culture at The Economist’s Prospero blog. Her favorite audiobooks are by Armistead Maupin, Jennifer Egan, and Roald Dahl.
Amina Mazid arrives in America at age twenty-five from Bangladesh after m… more »
Julavits has a facility with words that makes every detail enchanting Hei… more »
Explores America’s biggest demographic shift since the baby boomers… more »
The title of Shalom Auslander’s debut novel, Hope: A Tragedy, is as… more »
Equal parts sweetness and saucy wit, with a pinch of kindly grandma throw… more »
We meet Miles Helle in his capacity as a trash-out worker in southern Flo… more »
What comes through most powerfully is the author’s joy at working a… more »
Funneling DeGeneres directly into a listener’s head Regardless of a… more »
A glorious new aspect of the author’s work is revealed Chuck Kloste… more »
A ghost-ridden autobiography of an Irish woman’s tumultuous life Li… more »
How pop culture is making us smarter By now, anyone who dismisses pop cul… more »
An aimless Greenpoint poet deals with the collapse of his marriage Poor H… more »
The ghost of Hank Williams haunts the hero of a Grammy winner’s fir… more »
A saga of siblings that roams from the Midwest to Seattle to Italy Grenad… more »
A star-studded historical fiesta Can any other American state boast a bio… more »
Mingling science writing with picaresque memoir and daubs of history Give… more »
A terrifying noir tale of love and wilderness If you happen to like tales… more »
A parenting style that’s either confoundingly nuts or refreshingly … more »
A primer on the financial crisis that packs as much emotional punch as fi… more »
For anyone who likes to giggle If her prolific output is any indication, … more »
Sam Harris places the values we take to be most subjective into a new sci… more »
The author of Bee Season is still uncannily astute in her depiction of pr… more »
The creepiest book of the year, with great doses of humanity Emma Donoghu… more »
A memoir of obsession written and narrated by the master James Ellroy … more »
A Vice TV host with a law degree, a hip-hop obsession, and a NYC restaurant called Baohaus (serving Taiwanese buns, named for his favorite architects), Eddie Huang is a walking culture clash. In his memoir… more »