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Flaws used to feed their sales but now writers are expected to be saints

Atwood ranges across topics from the global heating to The Handmaid’s Tale, with actors Ciarán Hinds and Ann Dowd among the narrators

Book review: Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

“Indeed, the two have a lot in common!” says the author, whose new novel is “The Late Americans.”

In “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,” Claire Dederer attempts the impossible task of disentangling herself from the figures whose work has made her who she is.

The books that show espionage agents are not the most subtle literary critics | The Economist reads

Theatre reviewer Sarita Rao gives her selection of performances to see in Luxembourg City theatres for the 2023 to 2024 season, which starts in October

Claire Dederer's 'Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma' explores the vexed question of whether one can separate the art from the artist.

What do we do with the art of monstrous men? That’s the question posed by one of the books our columnist delves into this month. She also recommends two new Australian novels, and a searing examination of Gone with the Wind.

At times the subject matter demands more space.