The author discusses his new book on Merle Oberon, the Golden Age of Hollywood starlet whose South Asian heritage was hidden from the industry.
I had a kind of premonition, even before a word was said, that things were about to shift.
The author of Sucker Punch on surrendering to life's cycles, writing about her divorce, and picking the right fights.
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The author discusses his new book on Merle Oberon, the Golden Age of Hollywood starlet whose South Asian heritage was hidden from the industry.
I had a kind of premonition, even before a word was said, that things were about to shift.
The author of Sucker Punch on surrendering to life's cycles, writing about her divorce, and picking the right fights.
Desire and decision may not line up. Or indecision ends up being its own decision.
The author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This on euphemistic violence, Western hypocrisy, and personal complicity.
This is our second installment of Tabloid Fiction, in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.
The author of Malice of Fortune, a new novel that throws Niccolo Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci together in the midst a murder mystery-cum-political thriller, wonders what the author of The Prince would make of the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign.
Because sometimes a writer needs to spend years living with a loathsome character.