Readings

The author of more than 300 children's books on spending a lifetime with a single character, the process necessary to produce three books a year, and talking to kids about death.

How a Yukon art project became a national phenomenon of sold-out shows, dream selves and subversive sexuality. 

When women can't speak up, a chorus of voices should rise to their aid, though that often seems like too much to hope for. John Irving understands this in a way most male writers don't or can't.

Guy Maddin's new feature imagines "unrealized, half-finished or abandoned films by otherwise successful directors" not as artifacts to pine after but as the accumulated muck of cinematic history.

Talking with the actor and comedian also known as Neil Hamburger about keeping a repellent character authentic, the joys of creating intricate meta-comedy, and coping with a room full of boos.

"I don’t sit around and think, 'Oh, I wish I was out right now. If I was out right now, I’d be doing this and that.' That’s just inviting pain into your life."

On humanity's often fanatical, obsessive, and fearful road to the cosmos over the course of the 20th century.

The author of Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks and, most recently, Slade House, on supernatural forces and the ice in his heart.

Aziah King's authorial voice is singular, and what she's already done on social media is more valuable than any corporate cosign.