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In 2010 Zadie Smith told the Guardian her ten rules of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else. When an adult, try to read your…

Two weeks before the release of her sixth novel, the author and essayist spoke to her friend about middle-age injuries, SoulCycle shame, and what to do when mortality and creativity collide.

The White Teeth author on authenticity, literature, and making connections.

After 17 years abroad, Zadie Smith has returned to her literary stomping ground of north London. She talks about fame, therapy and finding inspiration for her new historical novel on her doorstep

Foundation Board Foundation Board Rea Hederman Rea Hederman, President of the Foundation, is the publisher of The New York Review of Books. Daniel Mendelsohn Daniel Mendelsohn, Director of the Foundation. A memoirist, critic, essayist and translator, Mr. Mendelsohn is the Editor-at-Large of the New York Review of Books and a professor of humanities at Bard ... Read more

For our first interview of 2013, we sit down with the incomparable Zadie Smith for a thoughtful chat about identity, the pleasure of reading, and how to write honestly about the state of humanity.

Zadie Smith’s debut heartened many readers when it first appeared with its breezily multicultural story. It seems a more complicated tale in 2020

As a response to Gay Talese’s failure to name any inspirational female writers, we asked our readers to explain why and how these authors changed their lives

Grand Union, a new collection of short stories by Zadie Smith, is out. The British author, who burst onto the scene in 2000, continues to be a voice for literary freedom, heralding a humanity that is collective and diverse—in which we all belong to something greater.