13+ hour, 23+ min ago  (481+ words) The. Ink | Anand Giridharadas Book Club: Elizabeth Strout's "The Things We Never Say" is our June pick In her latest novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Olive Kitteridge" takes on Trump, loneliness, and the mysteries we hold within ourselves "As…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (143+ words) The Ink is hiring. If you're a journalist who's interested, apply! Apply to work for The Ink America, it is often said, is a nation of immigrants. But is it becoming a nation of emigrants " a country that drives people…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (124+ words) America, it is often said, is a nation of immigrants. But is it becoming a nation of emigrants " a country that drives people away in search of greener pastures? The expat American writer Lindsey Tramuta explores this question in a…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (258+ words) In every age, there is some place that epitomizes power. As I argue in my New York Times review of Theo Baker's terrific debut, "How to Rule the World," a shadowy, secretive Stanford-inside-Stanford may qualify as that place for our…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (170+ words) But what can we do? This, more than anything, is the question I hear around me. The despair " about creeping authoritarianism, environmental ruin, AI run amok, algorithmic tyranny " is everywhere. But what can be done? The stock answers are well…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (245+ words) The. Ink | Anand Giridharadas Why Toni Morrison stopped writing for readers and began writing for herself In the second installment of our conversation with "On Morrison" author Namwali Serpell, we trace Toni Morrison's evolution from uncertain fiction writer to fearless…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (131+ words) The. Ink | Anand Giridharadas The Epstein files are no longer just the darkest online rabbit hole of all time. They now have their own museum in New York. A group that calls itself the Institute for Primary Facts has undertaken…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (544+ words) Today my longtime book editor, Jonathan Segal, turns 80. Or, as he would write in the margin, "eighty (spell out numbers up to 100)." I hope Jon lives long enough to stop being spelled out. Because I still need editing " and so…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (115+ words) The. Ink | Anand Giridharadas NOTEBOOK: A musical act for the thinking Plus: A new "reading room" for the Epstein files, a book that finally solved a major family problem, and taxing billionaires Today, a dip into my notebook: A concert…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (249+ words) Justin Wolfers is a master of demystification. This thing we call the economy runs our lives, sometimes invisibly, sometimes very, very visibly and tangibly, but it often eludes our understanding. So I caught up with Justin in this conversation and…...