Quaid is in New York City for a few days to promote his new horror-comedy Companion (in theaters now), and he’s hoping to snag some reading material — namely, the latest issues of James Tynion IV and ...

Ali Smith scrambles plotlines, upends characters, and flouts chronology—while telling propulsively readable stories.

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...