An interview with author Olivia Laing. Olivia Laing is an acclaimed writer and critic whose work focuses on art and culture. The recipient of the 2018 Windham-Campbell Prize, she’s the author of seven ...
On a Sunday afternoon in May, the Elizabeth Street Garden, a serene public park wedged between Manhattan’s SoHo and Little Italy neighborhoods, was filled with people undeterred by the gray sky and ...
The most famous garden, certainly in literature, is the Garden of Eden. It’s a paradise, Olivia Laing writes in her new book, and “every story told about it also incorporates it into a political ...
In Olivia Laing’s arresting new “The Silver Book” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), their eighth book and second novel, historical fiction, and much else, is turned on its head. Its historical side is a ...
Moviemaking holds a storied place in Italy’s cultural life, an alluring combination that has played a supporting part in plenty of novels set in the Bel Paese, including William Styron’s “Set This ...
In her latest book, Olivia Laing makes an impassioned case for the garden — as repository of natural beauty, as democratic ideal, as writerly inspiration. Credit...Embroidery by Jillian Tamaki; Photo ...
“The Silver Book” follows one pivotal year in the life of the famed Italian costume designer Danilo Donati. By Christopher Bollen Christopher Bollen is the author of six novels, most recently “Havoc,” ...
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