I've been an iPhone user since the beginning (and have proudly never owned a Blackberry, thank you very much) but I still find myself never knowing about all the "cool" apps that everyone else somehow discovers. Here's a cheat sheet of all the apps you need to have, should want to have, and will seem like a total weirdo if you don't have. More»

Last week stalwart New York journalist Pete Hamill won the prestigious Louis Auchincloss Prize, presented by the Museum of the City of New York. Today he answered our questions pertaining to the writing life and this fair city. More»

Last night at Cipriani Wall Street, The National Book Awards offered a smattering of literary talents milling in a highly intoxicated gaggle...and we managed a few brief chats with Patti Smith, Tina Brown, and jonathan Safran Foer. More»

At the National Book Awards last night at Cipriani Wall Street, Tom Wolfe received the Medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters. Shortly after his arrival, he spoke to me about his aversion to reading on computers, his tolerance of the Kindle, and his hatred for blogs More»

Tina Brown is at Newsweek, Facebook is the new gmail, cats are smarter than dogs, and things are just all kinds of backwards today. Let me lead you into the weekend with the things that I'm reading about today... More»