Is the Literary Hat the New Tote Bag?

Zadie Smith. Elif Batuman. Joyce Carol Oates. Dionne Brand. Alice Munro. Patricia Lockwood. Olga Tokarczuk. Lydia Davis. Rachel Kushner. Deborah Levy. Rachel Cusk. Yoko Tawada. Chris Kraus. Mary Gaitskill. Sheila Heti. Fleur Jaeggy. These are the women whose novels are spotlighted in personal collections and bookstores alike. They are a mainstay on best-seller lists, amassing…

Sunday Calls for Old-Fashioned Beef Stew

Good morning. Molly O’Neill brought her recipe for old-fashioned beef stew (above) to The New York Times in 1994, and it has since amassed five stars and more than 20,000 ratings on New York Times Cooking, testament not just to its staying power but its excellence. Molly’s is a delicious stew, one that benefits mostly…