Erica Jong and Daphne Merkin talk sex, icons and handbags at dinner to celebrate Ms. Merkin's new collection of essays.

For Merkin, depression is “part and parcel of an ongoing life.” It’s this quotidian experience of depression, not as a momentary crisis but as a lifelong struggle that sets Merkin’s ...

Fallen financier Ezra Merkin just saw his bill for losses tied to Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff grow by nearly $2.3 million. Merkin, the New York financier who funneled more than $2 billion to ...

"Rooney Mara's Merkin" -- it sounds like the best illustrated children's book that's never been written, doesn't it? That was the subject of a recent interview with Dragon Tattoo star Mara in ...