A Deeply Layered Novel About Masculinity
Tangled themes of violence and masculinity run like buried cables through Chang-rae Lee’s work. One of contemporary American literature’s major chroniclers of manhood, he’s been writing for three decades about…
A Novel About the Benefits—And Costs—Of Being a Rebel
At the beginning of the 21st century, one book mapped, with uncanny accuracy, where American literature was headed. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by an upstart writer named Dave…
Rachel Cusk’s New Novel May Be Dark Portrait of Natalie Portman
Unherd columnist Valerie Stivers suggests Cusk’s ‘Life of M’ mines the Oscar-winning actor’s life for a thinly-veiled portrait of the Hollywood star.
Jessica Knoll Novel ‘Helpless’ to Be Developed for TV at Universal Global TV, Stacy Sher to Produce (EXCLUSIVE)
Universal Global Television is developing a series take on the brand new Jessica Knoll novel “Helpless,” Variety has learned exclusively. The novel was just published today, July 7, by Scribner…
The Classic Novel That Today’s Young Men Should Read
The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger’s classic of adolescent alienation, turns 75 this summer, though it has the cast-iron reputation of a much older book. Just as Moby-Dick…
Army veteran pens survivalist novel, takes acting turn in South Korea
In November 2022, U.S. Army veteran Ron Roman published “Of Ashes and Dust,” an alternative history and apocalyptic thriller about a militia member dealing with the breakdown of society.











