Leigh Stein and Julius Taranto: Did Wokeness and Trump Kill Literary Satire? The novelists join the podcast for a sharp, satirical dive into fiction, free speech, and the absurdity of modern culture.

Satire is a powerful force for political and cultural change. But is it even possible in a world that outstrips our imagination on a daily—or even hourly—basis? Today's guests are two young ...

‘More’ by Pulp Review: Satire and Sincerity The Britpop band’s first studio album in 24 years offers a hopeless yet humorous perspective on life today.

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society members gather on the Lawn in an undated photo. The debating society formed in 1825 when 16 disgruntled members of the Patrick Henry Society gathered in a Lawn ...

An all-too-timely satire about vaccine skepticism and a new revival of a Samuel Beckett classic will be part of the Coal Mine Theatre’s 2025-26 season.

Open to the public. “Monsters and Machines: Caricature, Visual Satire, and the Twentieth-Century Bestiary” will focus on the use of bestiary – animal or zoological motifs – in visual satire during the ...

Joan Didion and Eve Babitz: The uneasy bond between two very different literary ‘it girls’ A new book explores the friendship and rivalry between two very different chroniclers of Sixties and ...

Verve is expanding its talent and literary divisions with the hires of Jennifer Trofa as a TV Literary Agent and Allison Nguyen as a Talent Agent.

The 172nd Akutagawa literary prize was awarded Wednesday to authors Jose Ando and Yui Suzuki, while Shin Iyohara took home the Naoki Prize. The Akutagawa Prize, given to up-and-coming writers for ...

The authors of a new book said Taylor Swift’s songs are more than just earworms — their lyrics can teach us about both literature and literary devices.