Whenever she encounters a new piece of writing or art or film, author Zadie Smith asks herself: "Does this thing make me feel alive?" "It sounds like a very childish question, but ... that's really ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This October, Zadie Smith has published her fourth essay collection, Dead and Alive, for which her aspirations are simple, ...

Two decades after the publication of “White Teeth,” author Zadie Smith’s voice is still fresh and intellectual without pomp, maintaining the originality of this hilarious and dynamic novel. Smith ...

The start of something special: ‘White Teeth’ launched Zadie Smith to stratospheric heights (iStock/Getty/Penguin) “I remember being totally obsessed, writing every day, all day,” Smith says now, 25 ...

Every week, a famous guest draws a card from the Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. This week, author Zadie Smith reflects on the 25th anniversary of her debut novel, "White ...

In the 19th century, a butcher living in Australia claimed to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. The Tichborne trial, which sparked much controversy and even more attention in Victorian ...

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We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In "The Fraud" (Penguin Press), the latest novel by the bestselling author of "White Teeth," Zadie Smith revisits a real ...

The Fraud centres around Eliza Touchet, the cousin of real-life author William Ainsworth, who in his time outsold Charles Dickens. Eliza is a good conduit for the narrative: a woman who has an affair ...

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. In a new essay collection, the novelist and critic offers her observations on artists, technology and a vanishing public commons ...