Literature

Politics

MLK's Contested Yet Universal Blueprint for Freedom

The fight over King's legacy is testament to the rare power of his words

Matt Welch | 1.21.2013 9:00 AM

Politics

Tom Wolfe on 2012 Election: "I Wrote in Ron Paul"

Brian Doherty | 1.10.2013 5:50 PM

Culture

The Apocalypse According to Bill

Greet the end of the world with William Burroughs.

Jesse Walker | 12.21.2012 8:13 AM

Policy

2012: The Year in Books

Reason writers pick the best books of the year

Jesse Walker | 12.18.2012 10:30 AM

Culture

Read All About John Steinbeck's Literary Fraud in New E-Book, NY Post Col

Reason contributor Bill Steigerwald has published a couple of ground-breaking exposes with Reason about John Steinbeck's literary fakery.

Nick Gillespie | 11.26.2012 9:31 AM

Culture

Living in Lovecraft's World

An illuminating book explores "the literary prehistory of virtual reality."

Jesse Walker | 11.4.2012 1:00 PM

Culture

New Travels With Charley Edition Acknowledges Factual Problems Unearthed by Reason Contributor Bill Steigerwald

Matt Welch | 10.8.2012 11:51 AM

Literature

The Gore Vidal Letters

The Vidal/Kauffman correspondence

Jesse Walker | 9.19.2012 12:21 PM

Civil Liberties

Salman Rushdie's Memoir of a "Life Profoundly Disfigured by Terrorism"

Nick Gillespie | 9.18.2012 12:42 PM

Policy

Should Government Fund "the Arts"?

No more than they should fund worship.

Nick Gillespie | 9.9.2012 5:30 PM

Policy

SEAL's Unauthorized bin Laden Raid Book Surprises Feds

Nobody mentioned it to them!

Reason Staff | 8.22.2012 9:32 PM

Politics

Goodbye to Gore Vidal, America's Biographer and Champion

Remembering one of my favorite writers

Brian Doherty | 8.1.2012 3:09 PM

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