In her new book, Beth Macy returns to her home town of Urbana, Ohio, using it as a ground zero for understanding right-wing radicalization.

New Yorker writers recommend books—including a history of the term “gold-digger” and a roman à clef about an Amazon warehouse worker—about money.

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

The celebrated cellist, who has a new show on WNYC, discusses three books that have shaped his thinking on the world his generation will leave behind.

Our food critic advises a reader on where to find out-of-town restaurant recommendations, and answers another about a salad-dressing shortcut.

Fine-dining restaurants are premised on exclusivity and scarcity. What happens when patrons can pay what they want?

At the Williamsburg restaurant Johnny’s, a family of rotisserie-chicken veterans presents chifa outside the takeout formula.

Chateau Royale, from the team behind Libertine, pulls out all of the Gallic stops without, for the most part, feeling ostentatious or conceited.

The technology is now popping up onscreen in everything from “The Morning Show” to “St. Denis Medical”—but nothing on air this year could compete with reality.

Scott Cooper’s tightly focussed bio-pic, about the making of Bruce Springsteen’s D.I.Y. album “Nebraska,” leaves out the wide-ranging passion that went into the music.

A new documentary, now on Netflix, shows how disconnected from one another Americans have become—and also how cohesive some of us still are.

This action drama, set in 1970 and starring Josh O’Connor, brings political conflict and existential comedy into the finely observed details of crime and escape.

The musician Kevin Parker discusses his method of restless tinkering, a deafening bout of tinnitus, and his new album, “Deadbeat.”

The “Parks and Recreation” star has created the ultimate comfort listen—one that hinges on making her celebrity guests comfortable, too.

Gustavo Dudamel conducts John Corigliano’s blistering First Symphony; Chuck Schumer faces a hostile crowd at the opening night of “Kavalier & Clay.”

“The Life of a Showgirl,” the artist’s new album, is full of cringey sexual innuendo, millennial perfectionism, and an obsession with her haters that wears thin.