Literature

Culture

Gore Vidal, RIP

A great writer has died.

Jesse Walker | 8.1.2012 9:44 AM

Politics

What Segregationists Really Believed: Read the Racist Rant That Couldn't See Print in 1962

Nick Gillespie | 7.28.2012 3:13 PM

Culture

Whitewashing John Steinbeck

Why partisan politics and virulent racism were cut from the celebrated "non-fiction" road book Travels With Charley

Bill Steigerwald | 7.25.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Library of Congress Picks 88 Unobjectionable Books that "Shaped America"

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.1.2012 11:41 PM

Culture

Vote High Desert Barbecue as Book of the Month!

J.D. Tuccille | 6.18.2012 9:00 AM

Culture

More on the Death of Ray Bradbury

Brian Doherty | 6.6.2012 2:17 PM

Culture

Barney Rosset, RIP

His Grove Press made us smarter, sexier, and more free.

Nick Gillespie | 4.27.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Children Are Unfeeling Sociopaths

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.26.2012 12:47 PM

Culture

The Top 6 Libertarian Science Fiction Novels of the Year

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.4.2012 5:10 PM

Culture

Recommendation: Read Mark Dery, Soar With Winners

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.1.2012 9:43 PM

Civil Liberties

Jack Kerouac Wrote Marlon Brando a Letter, or Maybe He Just Typed It

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.14.2012 4:51 PM

Civil Liberties

Is It Progress When the Price on Salman Rushdie's Head Declines by $5.2 Million?

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2012 8:58 AM

Culture

The Best of 2011

Reason writers on books, movies, music, & more

Reason Staff | 12.14.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Newt Gingrich Also Writes Crappy Novels

Damon Root | 12.12.2011 8:54 AM

Politics

Ayn Rand to High School Student: "Your questions do not make sense"

Brian Doherty | 12.9.2011 5:33 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Secret Collaborators

Richard Kostelanetz | 11.30.2011 10:11 AM

Politics

Occupy L.A. Gets a Reprieve, Poet Laureate Gets Clubbed

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.28.2011 6:56 PM

Politics

Sucking in the American Century

A stunt novel tracks the rise of the state and the decline of the country.

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.20.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Forget the 999 Plan, He's Got a 666 Plan

Jesse Walker | 9.23.2011 11:32 AM

Politics

The Monsters Are Due on Capitol Hill

Jacob Sullum | 8.3.2011 1:18 PM

Culture

Happy Bloomsday

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.16.2011 5:04 PM

Culture

The New James Bond Novel Is Like a George Lazenby Movie, Only Shorter.

Nick Gillespie | 6.14.2011 4:17 PM

Politics

Wednesday Morning Arts Roundup

Jesse Walker | 6.8.2011 9:37 AM

Policy

Froshes Can't Handle Queen's English: Blame Gatsby (or Wolfsheim)

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.21.2011 7:37 PM

Politics

Reason on Mitch Daniels, Who Is One Step Closer to Running for President And Who Has Great Taste in Books

Mike Riggs | 5.16.2011 3:49 PM

Policy

Jan Brewer Eats Scorpions for Breakfast

Mike Riggs | 5.10.2011 9:40 AM

Culture

How Should Men and Women of Letters Respond to Debunkings of Texts They Cherish?

Matt Welch | 4.29.2011 10:59 AM

Civil Liberties

Keep Those Dirty Beatniks Out of Istanbul!

Jesse Walker | 4.27.2011 8:44 AM

Culture

Phil Dick Tells Punks About Secession

Jesse Walker | 4.22.2011 3:23 PM

Policy

Two Cups of Tea, One Cup of B.S.

Matt Welch | 4.18.2011 11:55 AM

Policy

Today in New York Times Navel-Gazing

Jesse Walker | 4.15.2011 9:33 AM

Culture

The New York Times Groks The Trouble With Charley (and Bullshit Nobel Laureates)

Nick Gillespie | 4.11.2011 9:46 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Poetry and Power

Richard Kostelanetz | 4.4.2011 3:36 PM

Culture

In Dubious Travels

Jesse Walker | 4.3.2011 7:25 PM

Policy

Ripping, Mixing, and Burning Twain

Jesse Walker | 1.5.2011 9:45 AM

Politics

The Power Politics of the Prize

The Nobel for literature is about more than literature.

Michael Moynihan | 12.28.2010 7:00 AM

Culture

Freedom to Fail

Jonathan Franzen ponders the glories and limits of American freedom.

Peter Suderman | 12.27.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Viva Mario!

A great novelist and a champion of liberty

Michael Valdez Moses | 10.9.2010 11:45 AM

Politics

The Power Politics of the Prize

The Nobel has long been about both politics and literature.

Michael Moynihan | 10.8.2010 4:30 PM

Economics

Reason.tv: Author Paul Cantor on The Economics of Literature

Reason Staff | 10.8.2010 3:00 PM

Politics

More Mario Vargas Llosa Celebration, and Where to Eat in D.C.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.7.2010 12:54 PM

Politics

Mario Vargas Llosa Wins Nobel Prize in Literature!

Nick Gillespie | 10.7.2010 8:25 AM

Civil Liberties

Reason.tv: Learning from Allen Ginsberg

Reason Staff | 9.22.2010 3:00 PM

Politics

Red Harvest

Jesse Walker | 9.14.2010 10:20 AM

Culture

Ray Bradbury Hysterical Theater: We Got Too Much Gummint, Too Many Internets, But Not Enough Moon Colonies! UPDATED AUGUST 17!

Nick Gillespie | 8.16.2010 10:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Their Eyes Were Watching Movies

Jesse Walker | 8.13.2010 5:02 PM

Politics

Department of Literary Litigation

Jesse Walker | 7.27.2010 12:33 PM

Culture

Way Down in the Trenches

Jesse Walker | 7.14.2010 1:10 PM