Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American author/writer. Upon graduation from CU., Pynchon had many options including teaching creative writing at Cornell, becoming a disk jockey, ...

Rejoice, dear readers, and prepare to welcome a publishing event that's almost as rare — and potentially as disorienting — as the emergence of a brood of cicadas. Thomas Pynchon, our literary recluse ...

If you're more of a movie person than a literature person, you might only be familiar with Thomas Pynchon thanks to Inherent Vice, which is, to date, the only novel of his that’s been adapted into ...

The novelist anticipated our bizarre present. How does his latest book hold up in an age of eroding reality? By Parul Sehgal “Shadow Ticket” follows a dancing private eye on the hunt for a missing ...

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books. By Alida Becker With the famously private novelist enjoying a (private) moment in the sun, we reached out to die-hard fans who’ve tuned in to the ...