Hasan Minhaj Addresses Embellished Stories Detailed by The New Yorker The stand-up comedian said he thought “the lines between truth and fiction were allowed to be a bit more blurry” in his personal storytelling.
Inside Roz Chast’s Connecticut Home The New Yorker cartoonist has trouble making decisions about décor. Anyone who has seen the art collection in her home may not notice.
Lying in Comedy Isn’t Always Wrong, but Hasan Minhaj Crossed a Line The stand-up’s penchant for making up stories goes beyond embellishment. When real people and real stakes are involved, a different standard applies.
An ‘Oppenheimer’ Reading List Seeing the new Christopher Nolan film about the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the project to build the first atomic bomb? Our columnist has some recommendations for reading.
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Can Still Unsettle Readers. We Need More Fiction Like That. “The Lottery” is a classic short story because of its power to unsettle us. Too bad readers today are losing their appetite for discomfort.