For a bit of counterprogramming, thoughts on watching a (exhausting, enlightening) double feature of "Maestro" and, uh, "The Eras Tour" forward.com/culture/573578…

Latest for The Washington Post — really loved this tender, unsentimental, very human collection washingtonpost.com/books/2024/02/…

Truly loved Ferdia Lennon's "Glorious Exploits," which has the most imaginative, surprising premise of any recent novel I've read washingtonpost.com/books/2024/03/…

"Imagine a city of staggering, sometimes menacing beauty. Its history is bloody, but it carries on, becoming more mesmerizingly strange with each era. Now imagine that the city is sentient." Wonderful Talya Zax essay on Helen Oyeyemi's latest novel. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Six months into the war, the word filling my heart is khalas — enough. We need a ceasefire now, one that frees the hostages and ends the starvation in Gaza. It's the right thing for humanity, and for Israel. forward.com/forward-newsle…

In the British writer Helen Oyeyemi’s new novel, the reader is plunged into a completely bizarre, completely enthralling world, in which it’s unclear what is real and what is a dream, writes Talya Zax: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

I'm reporting from #Eurovision2024 in Malmö this week for The Forward . First up: A profile of Israel's much-scrutinized contestant, 20-year-old Eden Golan forward.com/culture/610630…

Eurovision is over, everyone is still outraged, and I did my best to understand exactly why this year's contest felt so impossibly important and painful, amid all the sparkle and silliness The Forward forward.com/culture/613024…

My latest for The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/books/2024/06/…

Elaine Kraf’s recently reissued 1979 novel reveals an uncomfortable truth: that health and happiness are sometimes at odds, writes Talya Zax: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Elaine Kraf’s recently reissued 1979 novel reveals an uncomfortable truth: that health and happiness are sometimes at odds, writes Talya Zax: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

#IYHH Talya Zax - “When Wellness Can’t Bring Happiness” bit.ly/47gotbH -bomani "Sci-fi pays off a little bit more than it should, that's worrisome." #TheRightTime 📺: youtube.com/live/wYQCB7ZHT…

“Taiwan Travelogue,” which won the National Book Award for translated literature this week, explores how centuries of colonization have obscured the island country’s true soul, writes Talya Zax: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

“Taiwan Travelogue,” which won the National Book Award for translated literature this week, explores how centuries of colonization have obscured the island country’s true soul, writes Talya Zax: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

“Taiwan Travelogue,” which won the National Book Award for translated literature this week, explores how centuries of colonization have obscured the island country’s true soul, writes Talya Zax: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Why do novelists love to imagine great historical figures as detectives? Talya Zax on how these murder-solving characters let readers glimpse the minds of geniuses: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

« We make art for the same reason we seek to solve mysteries—because we believe that reality is deeper or different than it appears. » Thank you, Talya Zax, for such a smart review on Perspective(s) in The Atlantic. And I want to read Dorfman’s Allegro ! theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Novelists love to imagine great historical figures as detectives. These murder-solving personas, Talya Zax argues, are more than just characters on the hunt for a killer; they’re also a surprising window into human genius. theatln.tc/bwgZLhGI

In a new stage production of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," the famed titular character is trapped in a performance unlike any other, Talya Zax writes: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

In a new stage production of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," the famed titular character is trapped in a performance unlike any other, @talyazax writes: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…