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There’s a place in Mebane, North Carolina, where books, movies, music, and games pile up in glorious, organized abundance, and it’s called McKay’s. You don’t just shop here. McKay’s bold storefront ...

With a Netflix adaptation now streaming, Rachel Kushner, Héctor Tobar, Zoe Kazan and others share why Steinbeck’s operatic family saga has stayed with them. By Laura Collins-Hughes Eli McCann had a ...

Sigrid Nunez’s first collection of short stories has a sharper edge than some of her novels. Her characters are social but secretly withdrawn, racked with regret or embarrassment, keeping secrets or ...