In recent weeks, I've returned to one of my most indispensable collections, The New New Journalism: Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers On Their Craft, with VIDA's findings in mind.
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Sociopathy vs. Psychopathy. What's the difference? Dr. Dean Haycock helps demystify the matter by discussing the DSM-5, the current climate in academic circles, and how clarification around the term "sociopath" is desperately needed.
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In his new memoir, The Splendid Things We Planned, Blake Bailey stitches together a complicated family portrait reminiscent of his literary biographies of John Cheever, Richard Yates, and Charles Jackson.
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Gretel Ehrlich's Facing the Wave is both poetry and reportage, a monumental profile of the people affected by the 2011 tsunami in Japan. Here's an excerpt from her powerful work.
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We sit down with James Romm, author of Dying Every Day, to discuss Seneca, the ancient philosopher, writer and advisor to Nero, and his similarities to Henry Kissinger and House of Cards.
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