Books
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Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Declare ‘Book Guy Summer’ Now in Session
Showing off an LRB tote bag and obscure novella over beverages in London, the Fantastic Four stars brought new meaning to “getting lit.”
By Josiah Gogarty
Culture
We're Doing ‘Men Don’t Read Books' Discourse Again. Here's What We're Missing
The self-improvement-obsessed grindset bros who can't spare the bandwidth to pick up a novel are the people who need literature the most.
By Jason Diamond
Culture
Presumed Innocent's Scott Turow Is the Best Legal-Thriller Writer Ever to Approach the Bench
The lawyer-novelist whose work inspired the AppleTV+ series isn't as prolific as his peers, and his books have spawned fewer blockbusters, but for decades he's been a writer's writer hiding out in the airport-lit game.
By Abe Beame
Style
Can Dressing Well Make You a Better Movie Director?
In this exclusive excerpt from A24's new book, How Directors Dress, The Souvenir auteur Joanna Hogg muses on the power of a filmmaker's uniform.
By Joanna Hogg
Culture
Michael McDonald, Silken-Voiced Yacht-Rock Icon, Talks About Writing His Life Story With Paul Reiser (Yes, That Paul Reiser)
He sang with Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, hung out with Cheech and Chong, survived the ‘70s, and put it all into his new memoir What A Fool Believes.
By Jason Diamond
GQ Sports
The Man Who Mapped Modern Basketball
Kirk Goldsberry, whose shot charts helped reshape the way we think about hoops, goes deep on Wemby's greatness, the cheapening of the three-pointer, and his new book, Hoop Atlas.
By Devin Gordon
GQ Sports
Steve Gleason Isn’t Just Staying Alive. Steve Gleason Is Living
He’s been a beloved New Orleans Saint, and an advocate and fundraiser for ALS. With a new memoir, Gleason is bringing his characteristic grit and honesty to the role of author.
By Brett Martin
Culture
Don Winslow Explains Why He's Trading Crime Novels for Never-Trump Activism
His new book, City in Ruins, caps a trilogy of bestsellers. He’s said it’ll be his last. Why is a master of modern noir turning the page on his career? “The more I learned,” he says, “the more political I got."
By Joe Gross
Culture
How ‘Do Your Own Research’ Might Have Doomed Democracy
Author Tom Nichols warns that America’s growing distrust of experts could usher in a new authoritarian age: “I think a lot of people, particularly in the Trump cult, have just become cats that are so far up a tree, they don’t know how to get down.”
By John Del Signore
Culture
Lauren Oyler Doesn’t Take Her Work Too Seriously
The author talks to GQ columnist Chris Black about writing her new book of essays away from the New York media sphere, in her adopted city of Berlin: “I think it was easier for me to write this book without really caring as much about how it would be received.”
By Chris Black
GQ Sports
Author Hanif Abdurraqib on Writing About LeBron, Loving Ohio, and the Seductive Power of Nike Commercials
He's an acclaimed poet by day and a League Pass superfan by night—and his newest book bridges the gap.
By Tres Dean
Style
Why Is It So Hard to Make Good Clothes in America?
For his new book American Flannel, Steven Kurutz spent three years documenting one company’s epic struggle to create a 100% American-made flannel shirt.
By Jeremy Freed
Culture
Ottessa Moshfegh and Anne Hathaway on Blowing Up the Good Girl/Bad Girl Binary
The My Year of Rest and Relaxation author and her collaborators talk about turning Moshfegh's first novel Eileen into a bleak and provocative modern noir.
By Heven Haile
Culture
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Author David Grann Picks the Three Best Movies Based on Nonfiction Books (That He Didn't Write)
Does any other cinematic take on a nonfiction bestseller hold a candle to Martin Scorsese’s bleak American epic? A living legend of the form weighs in.
By Vince Mancini
Culture
What to Read and Watch to Understand the Death (and Life) of Tupac Shakur
After 27 years, a suspect is finally facing trial in connection with the rapper’s murder.
By Grant Rindner
Style
Julia Fox on Her First Day as a New York City Dominatrix
At 18, the Uncut Gems actress and downtown It Girl emailed a Manhattan dungeon that was hiring on Craigslist. She soon discovered a vibrant underground, where her time as a sex worker unlocked a new level of hustle—and personal freedom.
By Julia Fox
GQ Sports
Mitchell Jackson on How NBA Fashion Is Redefining Black Masculinity
He wrote a searing memoir navigating issues of race and class, then won a Pulitzer for his posthumous profile of Ahmaud Arbery. In his new book, the acclaimed author looks at Black masculinity through a different lens: NBA fashion.
By Mik Awake
Culture
Hari Kunzru on the Threat (and Promise) of AI for Novelists
A conversation with the author, whose novel White Tears was input as source material for a controversial site called Prosecraft this week.
By Chris Gayomali
Wellness
The Author of The Body Keeps the Score Is “Puzzled” By Its Popularity
The book helped make trauma into a culturally-pervasive concept.
By Ashwin Rodrigues
Culture
How Dr. Dre and Hip Hop Helped End the Crack Era
During the ‘80s and ‘90s, rap music was criticized by the establishment for glamorizing drug culture. But what the music was actually doing was spreading a message.
By Donovan X. Ramsey