The author talks about the place that is “the most enduing love of my life,” the consequences of his youthful success, and the balance between satire and its opposite. A conversation with Daniel Asa Rose.

So, you’re finally taking the plunge and moving to New York City! As everyone knows, New York is the literal center of the universe. The city has a gritty, edgy magic found nowhere else on Earth, and a rich history unlike any other. But in addition to its glitzy skyscraper facade, the Big Apple also has […]

Generation Xers may be perceived in certain circles as tech-savvy slackers who know more about Centipedes than bookworms, but don’t get fooled again: this whip-smart group of now-fortysomethings—who are wedged between the hippies and the hipsters—knows a thing or two about books. Remember: most of their teenage weekends were spent in a library, doing time […]

Last night Mad Men, everyone’s favorite dramedy about midcentury malaise, amazingly high-functioning alcoholics, fantastic clothes, questionable parenting choices, and reinvention through capitalism, returned to the small screen. Characters as rich as Matthew Weiner’s don’t come along everyday. They do, however, have interesting parallels on the page. Find more of your favorite mad man or woman in […]