Norman Rockwell was an unhappy and enervated man who became iconic by painting scenes of happy, energetic people. He developed a style that became synonymous with idyllic visions of America. At Page-Turner, Lee Siegel reads Deborah Solmon’s American Mirror, a new biography of Rockwell that acknowledges the painter’s contradictions without “mocking or scolding” him for the gulf between his life and his art.
Master of Happy Scenes
The Gatekeepers
"The state of diversity and equity in publishing is grim and has been for a long time—since the industry’s founding back in the day." Camille Rankine, Morgan Parker, Year in Reading alumnus Alexander Chee, and seven other writers talk about diversity in publishing.
Art Within Art Within Art Within
The Public Domain Review and Berfrois heard you're a big fan of paintings so they rounded up paintings with other paintings inside of them.
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Read Me an E-Book
Can kids' books on a tablet beat the real thing? A father of two takes a reading test.
A Little Day in the Life
"To Yanagihara, the commitment to journalism is a vital expression of the practical side of her nature: she likes the adrenaline of short deadlines and the satisfaction of making a new product each week." The Guardian profiles Hanya Yanagihara about her life, fiction, and day job as the editor of T magazine, the New York Times style supplement. From our archives: The Millions' interview with the acclaimed novelist.
A Light Roast, Please
File this one under "Things I Didn't Know I Needed" -- actor Paul Giamatti playing Honoré de Balzac hopped up on fifty coffees.
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