“Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today,” says a character in “The Vulnerables,” the ninth...
In 2004, Historian Russell Shorto published “The Island at the Center of the World,” a book about Manhattan and the role of the Dutch...
Sean Penn won Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances in “Mystic River” and “Milk.” He is also a novelist. His debut novel...