Michael Washburn

So much of the tumult around us has its roots in the 1970s, the subject of Jason Burke’s new study.

NR’s longtime film critic belonged to a more cultivated, discerning age.

Are people allowed to observe that the literary world is deliberately sidelining a certain demographic of writer — and to do something about it?

A new play explores the enduring fascination for a complex, deeply troubled writer — and comes up short.

In his new essay collection ‘Languages of Truth,” Salman Rushdie offers studied insults and takes few risks.

Walker Percy’s novel speaks to our current COVID crisis, social isolation, and a beleaguered industry.

Montreal writer John Buell’s haunting novels foreshadowed current furors.

Sexual assault and rape have figured in many literary tragedies over the years.