Review: ‘A Million Reasons Why’ is about a family secret
“A Million Reasons Why” by Jessica Strawser (St. Martin’s Press)
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Rona Jaffe award for emerging writers is discontinued
NEW YORK — A literary prize that had provided vital support to Tracy K. Smith, Eula Biss and more than 100 other women early...
Review: An indiscretion, a stalker and a wedding fuel novel
“Every Vow You Break,” by Peter Swanson (William Morrow)
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Vivian Gornick, 7 others win Windham-Campbell Prizes
NEW YORK — Playwright Michael R. Jackson, author-critic Vivian Gornick and fiction and nonfiction writer Renee Gladman are among this year's winners of Windham-Campbell...
Acclaimed Polish poet Adam Zagajewski dies at age 75
WARSAW, Poland — Adam Zagajewski, one of Poland’s greatest poets who wrote a poem that came to symbolize the world's sense of shock and...
Review: Vibrant new portrait of artist Helen Frankenthaler
“Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York,” by Alexander Nemerov (Penguin Press)
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Atwood, Grisham among contributors to pandemic novel
NEW YORK — One of the first novels about the pandemic will be a collaborative effort, with Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and Celeste Ng...
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe has book out in September
NEW YORK — The new chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy, Katharine Hayhoe, has written a book about climate change.
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Winfrey chooses four Marilynne Robinson novels for book club
NEW YORK — Besides working on her newsmaking interview with Meghan and Prince Harry, Oprah Winfrey has been busy with the novels of Marilynne...
Original ‘SNL’ player’s memoir looks back in fondness, humor
LOS ANGELES — If Laraine Newman recounted only her experiences as an original “Saturday Night Live” player — a storied ensemble that included Gilda...
