books
Book Pirates Don’t Think They’re Stealing
In the pandemic age, a fight about e-books tests the limits of free information
What Happens When Famous, Beloved Characters Enter the Public Domain?
Do we all get to have a piece of Mickey Mouse to use however we wish?
What Fiction Like ‘The End of October’ Gets Right (And Wrong) About Pandemics
Lawrence Wright’s new novel about a coronavirus that develops in Indonesia and spreads throughout the world couldn’t be more prescient. It’s also pandemic literature’s clear standard-bearer in terms of accuracy.
The Delicate Art of Writing a Believable Sexual Predator
Kate Elizabeth Russell, the author of the new book ‘My Dark Vanessa,’ talks about what men can take from her portrait of an abusive bond
