What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do
The New Yorkerby Casey Cep·21 Sept 2026
Barbara Kingsolver always struggles with beginnings. “I write probably one hundred pages to get to page one of any novel,” she told me recently. “Not all at once—like, eight or nine pages a day.
Learning to Yearn with Georgia Oakley
The New Yorkerby Rebecca Mead·21 Sept 2026
When Georgia Oakley was in her final year of secondary school, in Berkshire, England, she went to a movie audition on a lark.
The Return of “Salt”
The New Yorkerby Rachel Levin·21 Sept 2026
The writer Mark Kurlansky, a seventy-seven-year-old man with a bad back, was futzing around in his apartment on the Upper West Side the other day when his daughter flashed her phone at him with...
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
The New Yorkerby The New Yorker·21 Sept 2026
The Maltese Version, by Katy Simpson Smith (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). The timeworn saying about there being two sides to every story gains new dimension in this probing novel, which posits that...
7 Meaningful Comics for Tweens and Teens on Big Topics
BOOK RIOTby Megan Mabee·21 Sept 2026
The tween and teen years are a formative period. They’re a time when big topics like mental health, body image, challenging family and friendship situations, romantic relationships, and more begin...
Ari Emanuel’s ‘Roll the Calls’ Takes Aim at Everyone From His Brothers to Former Business Partners
Vanity Fairby Maxwell Adler·21 Sept 2026
At Ari Emanuel’s wedding to fashion designer Sarah Staudinger (his second wife named Sarah), the officiant, Larry David, called the groom a “mutant” and a “c-nt.” Considering the setting and their...
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh’s Romance Was a Shakespearean Tragedy
Vanity Fairby Hadley Hall Meares·21 Sept 2026
“If we loved each other only with our bodies I suppose it would be alright,” Laurence Olivier wrote to Vivien Leigh during the early years of their romance. “I love you with much more than that.
Tyla faces backlash over silence as Ekurhuleni women's deaths
The South Africanby Nicole Burger·21 Sept 2026
Tyla faces backlash over silence as Ekurhuleni women’s deaths As South Africa reels from a deeply disturbing case, public attention has unexpectedly turned to one of the country’s biggest global...
‘A Teacher’s Gift’ Lands U.K. Distribution Deal With Peccadillo Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran·21 Sept 2026
British South Asian drama “A Teacher’s Gift” has landed U.K. theatrical distribution through Peccadillo Pictures, the independent distributor known for its LGBTQ+ and world cinema output.
Red Sea Film Festival Cancels 2026 Edition, Will Return Next Year
Varietyby Nvivarelli·21 Sept 2026
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, the most prominent film event and market in the Arab world, has canceled its sixth edition that was scheduled to take place from Dec. 3 to 12.
Why Hyderabadis are brutally trolling Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth?
The Siasat Dailyby Rasti Amena·21 Sept 2026
Hyderabad: Lust Stories 3 is now streaming on Netflix and has already started making noise among viewers.
Pensioners can visit Cape Town's top attractions for R17: Here's how
The South Africanby Mary Alson·21 Sept 2026
Pensioners can visit Cape Town’s top attractions for R17: Here’s how Cape Town’s pensioners can visit the city’s best tourist attractions for R17.67 per entry. The weather’s warming up.
Pablo Larraín Ventures Into Argentina With His San Sebastián Golden Shell Contender ‘My Sad Dead’
Varietyby Anna Marie de la Fuente·21 Sept 2026
Writer-director Pablo Larraín, best known for his trilogy “Jackie,” “Spencer” and “Maria,” ventures into Argentina for the first time in “My Sad Dead” (“Mis muertos tristes”), based on three...
A Queen Ruled Warangal As A King. Centuries Later, Her Kakatiya Legacy Lives On In Telangana’s Flower Festival
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna·21 Sept 2026
Every year, as the monsoon retreats from Telangana's parched plains, women wake before sunrise to gather wildflowers that bloom nowhere else in quite the same way, stacking them into towers shaped...
📚 Our next Aslan
BOOK RIOTby Community·21 Sept 2026
Scrappy sci-fi books for everyone who loves an underdog Books about the ragtag crew of a spaceship or an underdog having adventures and fighting evil are one of the more popular science fiction...
The New Edge Ford Mustang Mach 1 Had A Shaker Hood, More Cars Should Have Shaker Hoods - Jalopnik
Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Brad Brownell)·21 Sept 2026
The New Edge Ford Mustang Mach 1 Had A Shaker Hood, More Cars Should Have Shaker Hoods One of the primary defining characteristics of a muscle car is that it should have some visceral crudeness.
Heart of the action: why organ couriers are cinema’s new heroes
The Guardianby Jonathan Wells·21 Sept 2026
Hollywood loves a ticking clock – especially when there’s a delivery involved. For decades, dangerous cargo has been entrusted to certain types of action hero: spies, soldiers, hitmen, Jason...
The Record Player That Skips the Vinyl and Plays Falling Water - Yanko Design
Yanko Designby JC Torres·21 Sept 2026
A vintage turntable earns its warmth from ritual, the small act of placing a needle and watching a disc spin.
Best Insta360 deal: Save $145.01 on the Insta360 X4 Creator Bundle
Mashableby Hannah Hoolihan·21 Sept 2026
SAVE OVER $100: As of Sept. 21, the Insta360 X4 Creator Bundle is on sale for $459.99 at Amazon. That's $145.01 off its full price of $605.
A Cornucopia of Fall Hobby Books For 2026
BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen·21 Sept 2026
Whether or not going analog was one of your resolutions or goals this year, there’s nothing quite like a fresh new hobby book to get you excited to make things with your hands.
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