Emily Temple

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in June From Cape Fear to In the Hand of Dante Every month, all the major streaming services add a host of newly acquired (or just plain new) shows, movies, and documentaries into their ever-rotating libraries... See more

The 13 Best Book Covers of May A Pretty Dark Spring Another month of books, another month of book covers. This month, despite the spring of it all, my favorite covers were strange and dark, their meanings obscure. Is it my mood, or the designers’? Who can... See more

50 Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages Short and Sweet Very short novels have a special magic—not least because, not to be morbid, you can simply read more of them before the inevitable heat death of the planet (or similar). I previously wrote about grea... See more

19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer Had Me a Blast The days are getting longer. The weather is—well, unpredictable, but trending warm. The children are becoming restless. Summer is nearly upon us, and you probably need something to read. (You signed th... See more

Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk apparently used AI to write her latest novel. In a recent interview (conducted and published in Polish), Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk admitted to using AI in her creative process. The writer Maks Sipowicz, who drew atten... See more