Like a solar eclipse, the stories in Thunderstruck align darkness and light so precisely that they overlap to create something magical — you can see the edges of hope around each character’s despair.

We’re thrilled to welcome bestselling author and leading food-thinker Michael Pollan (“food-thinker” is a term…

Emma Straub, author of The Vacationers, takes us on an imagined vacation with some fellow authors from across time. The Mitford sisters get the best bedroom; but Elizabeth Gilbert’s in charge of the map, and Colson Whitehead’s doing the cooking, so it’s all good.