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How Lu Xun, a Famous Chinese Writer, Became a Cute Communist Mascot

By: Andrew Higgins and Qilai Shen —
The Chinese Communist Party has turned Lu Xun, a Mao-era hero who excoriated the establishment, into a bland, Disney-style character.

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Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?

By: Joseph Bernstein —
Men are leaving fiction reading behind. Some people want to change that.

In the mid-20th century, when this man browsed bookstore shelves, fiction was a boys club. Today, the situation has changed.

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A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.

By: Bill Wasik —
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?
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William Langewiesche, the ‘Steve McQueen of Journalism,’ Dies at 70

By: Trip Gabriel —
He was a master of long form narratives, often involving high-stakes topics. He reported for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine.

William Langewiesche in 2002. For a decade, his articles were routinely finalists for the National Magazine Award, two of which won the prize.

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Willy Ley Was a Prophet of Space Travel. His Ashes Were Found in a Basement.

By: Maureen Cavanagh —
During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten in a co-op on the Upper West Side?

Mr. Ley, who fled Germany during the rise of the Nazi party and settled in New York, has a crater on the moon named after him.

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Curtis Sittenfeld Goes Home Again

By: Emma Goldberg —
The best-selling bard of female anxiety rakes over some middle school memories while visiting the city where she grew up.

In her new short story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld examines the anxieties of women in middle age.

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‘The Interview’: Tilda Swinton Would Like a Word with Trump About His Mother

By: David Marchese —
The Academy Award-winning actress discusses her lifelong quest for connection, humanity’s innate goodness and the point of being alive.

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How Cave Canem Has Nurtured Generations of Black Poets

By: Stacy Y. China —
The poets’ fellowship, which was founded in 1996, has worked with poets who have gone on to win many of the genre’s most important accolades.
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Jon Fosse Receives Nobel Prize in Literature

By: Alex Marshall and Alexandra Alter —
Long a favorite to receive the award, Fosse has found acclaim for work that explores mortality and religion, and radiates serenity.

The author Jon Fosse in Frekhaug, Norway, on Thursday. He had been preparing himself for “the last 10 years that this could happen,” he said of receiving the prize.

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Veteran Studio Negotiator Faces Striking Writers and Actors

By: Brooks Barnes and John Koblin —
Carol Lombardini, the studio voice in union talks, values a low profile. That hasn’t kept striking writers and actors from casting her as a villain.

Carol Lombardini in 2014. Until now, her 14 years as president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had been marked by labor peace.

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