US, UK, Barbadian authors up for Women’s Prize for fiction
LONDON — Novels that explore forgotten and neglected communities in Britain, the U.S. and the Caribbean were named finalists on Wednesday for the 30,000...
Chicago-based Poetry Foundation hires new president
NEW YORK — The Poetry Foundation has chosen Michelle T. Boone as its new president, the first time a woman and a person of...
Audio publisher withdraws edition of new Philip Roth bio
NEW YORK — The audiobook publisher of a new Philip Roth biography is pulling the release, following W.W. Norton and Company's announcement that it...
Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel gets seat at National Cathedral
WASHINGTON — Washington National Cathedral, the massive Episcopal house of worship that prides itself on being an unfinished work-in-progress whose stones and stained glass...
Florence Welch throws her hat into the musical theater ring
NEW YORK — Florence Welch is ditching the machine for musicals.
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Publisher pulls Philip Roth bio, cuts ties with author
NEW YORK — The publisher of a highly anticipated biography of Philip Roth is pulling the book and cutting ties with author Blake Bailey,...
Chocolate to McNuggets: Book details history of kid food
NEW YORK — Legend: Genghis Khan came up with an early concept for hamburgers that involved tenderizing meat scraps under the saddles of horses...
Review: Review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel is very novel
“Whereabouts,” by Jhumpa Lahiri (Alfred A. Knopf)
Pulitzer Prize winner...
Review: Legal writer John Grisham pens a basketball thriller
“Sooley,” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
When you’ve written 35 novels...
Rare Raymond Chandler essay includes writing, office tips
NEW YORK — Philip Marlowe, the most self-reliant of fictional detectives, had no boss and no one to boss around. His creator, Raymond Chandler,...
