by George Lubitz
After thanking her friends, family, and co-stars, Golden Globe winner Tracee Ellis Ross noted, “It’s nice at 44. I like it here!” Continue reading
Tag Archives: Paolo Sorrentino
BLOOMERS AT LARGE: “Don’t Take It So Literarily”
by George Lubitz
In the spirit of Dylan, this month’s round-up is dedicated to bloomers who have re-imagined the tenets of literature in one way or another. Continue reading
BLOOMERS AT LARGE: Other Identities
by Vicraj Gill
Both “writing and mothering” and the question of privilege come up in a great conversation between Lauren Francis-Sharma . . . and Bernice McFadden about their lives as published writers of color. Continue reading
Features / Fiction / Interviews / Nonfiction
Q&A With NYRB Classics Editor Edwin Frank & Translator Stephen Twilley
Tomasi di Lampedusa’s language is relatively spare and direct but still formal and correct, and sprinkled with archaic terms. It is carnal and sophisticated, slyly humorous but still possessed of a kind of gravity and grace. Continue reading
IN HIS OWN WORDS: Paolo Sorrentino
“The most important thing I discovered a few days after turning 65 is that I can’t waste any more time doing things I don’t want to do.” -Jep Gambardella, THE GREAT BEAUTY Continue reading
Paolo Sorrentino: Old is Young, and Late is Late
by Sonya Chung
Even youth is portrayed as “ugly,” or, in Sorrentino’s vernacular, strangely epic and beautiful. Continue reading
