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At least he has good taste in newspapers. Jimmy Kimmel, who was suspended from his late-night show in September over his inflammatory comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer, is featured in next month’s Vanity Fair holding the very edition of The New York Post that trumpeted his on-air return. The late-night host was photographed holding the […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. A $100K Prize to Find The Next Big Story Eight finalists for The Next Big Story will receive […]
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Most Interesting AI-Generated Story Yet Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, touted a story “written” by their LLM is response to the prompt: “Please write a metafictional literary short story about AI and grief.” The […]
Early on in “The Substance,” the body horror film starring Demi Moore that has been nominated for five Academy Awards, Dennis Quaid grotesquely consumes an endless amount of peel-and-eat shrimp while firing Ms. Moore’s character for the crime of turning 50. Shells fly and sweat collects on his upper lip while he gesticulates wildly with […]
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters (Random House, March 11) Last but not least, Torrey Peters, the best-selling author of Detransition, Baby, is back this year with a novel and a collection of stories exploring gender, sexuality, and more. First up, the titular novel Stag Dance tells the story of a group of lumberjacks who bring […]
January 13, 2025, 11:00am This morning, The Story Prize—which seeks to recognize the best short story collection published every year—announced its three 2025 finalists, chosen from a total of 107 submissions. “Each of these three story collections is so original in conception and brilliantly executed that only the person who wrote them could have done so. […]
Travel from China to the United States with Haiwen and Suchi, lovers separated by time and one pivotal decision, from the ’40s to present day. In this excerpt, wander the vividly painted streets of wartime Shanghai with vendors, early risers, and troubled minds, and meet heartbroken Haiwen and Suchi on the cusp of the event […]
