Sterlin Harjo on Ending ‘Reservation Dogs’ in That Good Way
The co-creator and showrunner talked about why three seasons was just right, and why the show is likely to be the most important thing he ever makes.
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Whatever Happened to Local Comedy Scenes?
A new book argues that the isolation of a pre-social media era helped fuel a fertile Chicago ecosystem for offbeat stand-up comedians.
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18 New Books Coming in October
Buzzy new novels from Jesmyn Ward, Tananarive Due and Daniel Clowes; biographies of Madonna and Sam Bankman-Fried; John Grisham’s sequel to “The Firm”; and much more.
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A Silvery, Shimmering Summer of Beyoncé
The Renaissance tour is a blueprint for how to cultivate pleasure and hold onto it at all costs.
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Was Trump’s Real Estate Hype Fraud or Just Business as Usual?
The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against Donald Trump over his real estate business hinges on one question: Where does puffery end and fraud begin? To put it differently, how much can Mr. Trump overstate what he’s worth before he crosses the …
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When Trump Says ‘People,’ He Means ‘His People’
Fifty years ago, reviewing Toni Morrison’s novel “Sula” in this newspaper, a critic wrote that Morrison was “far too talented to remain only a marvelous recorder of the Black side of provincial American life”; that to “maintain the large and serious …
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As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines
Now that the U.S. government has stepped back from issuing vaccines, long-term care operators have yet to start administering shots to protect one of the most vulnerable populations.
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$1.4 Million Homes in Maine, Illinois and the District of Columbia
A renovated Cape Cod-style house on Monhegan Island, an Edwardian home in Evanston and an 1890 rowhouse in Washington.
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Wes Anderson Finally Found a Way Into His New Roald Dahl Sinema
For years, the director puzzled over an adaptation of “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Then he let the characters say things they weren’t meant to.
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‘How Is Joe Biden Even Still in This Race?’: Three Writers Preview the Second G.O.P. Debate
Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Josh Barro, who writes the newsletter Very Serious, and Sarah Isgur, a senior editor at The Dispatch, to discuss their expectations for the second Republican debate …
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