“Catapult” works because of its aw-shucks quality. Despite the sidebars into prickly themes, the book never strays far from ...

Abstract: Product reviews are valuable sources of information in e-commerce, yet existing sentiment analysis models struggle to capture fine-grained opinions on specific product aspects, especially ...

The Great Gatsby, 100 years old this year, prompts this observation: it’s a great American novel because it deepens in meaning with the passing years. It’s a mistake, I believe, to introduce such a ...

Is there anything you wouldn't do for a loved one if they were dying? That's a morbid question, for sure, but the dilemma at the center of Some Bright Nowhere, Ann Packer's new novel, makes a reader ...

In September, 1639, John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, recorded in his journal a dreadful tale of Puritan true crime. One Robert Keayne had prospered as a London merchant ...

It’s enough to make you lose your mind. You see your goal, but there’s a barrier in front of it, a barrier that makes no sense. Other people don’t have to jump through hoops or over walls to succeed, ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Michelle Obama enjoys a nearly ...

Trigger warning for any daughter who has ever had a fraught relationship with their mother: Gish Jen’s remarkable and heartbreaking latest book, “Bad Bad Girl,” may prompt a flood of feelings not felt ...

Shadow Ticket starts with a bang. “The explosion when it comes seems to be from somewhere across the river and nearer the Lake,” Thomas Pynchon writes. “Nobody seems surprised.” In language and ...

Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse. In his novels and new book, Cory Doctorow asks whether technology ...

It all happens so fast. Seems like 20 minutes after something occurs, another event takes its place; even this morning’s news already has dust on it. It feels like a race you didn’t enter, in a world ...

“The Summer Book” is a haiku of a movie, conveying profound thoughts about time, memory, loss, and nature through a simplified, meditative, cinematic language of exquisite images and gentle music.