Mike Doherty

In his new book, Richard Sennett argues that cities—and societies—grow by dealing with change, not resisting it

Videos can be produced relatively quickly, and have proved liberating for musicians and directors looking to engage with current events—and even steer the conversation

The American fiction writer says her new novel is about how prisoners in the U.S. are disproportionately poor—and what that says about class and destiny

The actor became friends with the singer, whose fearlessness as an artist and person impressed him

The author who investigated the story learned the girls’ father was lying, and was threatened by a Norwegian tabloid

Martin Amis on nuclear war, the difference between Brexit and Trump, and why all writers really do think about posterity

For years, the Grammys have been seen as out of touch. But the 2018 edition is finally feting artists who are situating their music in a broader context

The one-time enfant terrible of British literature talks about information overload and how emotion rules the political sphere

Le Guin: ’Can America go on living on spin and illusion, hot air and hogwash, and still be my country? I don’t know’

The acclaimed author began her dystopian story 15 years ago, but in the Trump era it seems particularly relevant