Aleksandar Hemon Fits Two Memoirs Into One New Volume
“My Parents: An Introduction” and “This Does Not Belong to You” are two memoirs in one volume, covering Hemon’s... Read More →
Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist Loses to Father of 6-Year-Old Victim Over Hoax
A Wisconsin judge ruled that it was defamatory to publish a book that said Leonard Pozner faked his son’s... Read More →
Reintroducing Natalia Ginzburg, One of the Great Italian Writers of the 20th Century
“The Dry Heart” presents a troubled marriage and a murder, and “Happiness, as Such” is about a man who... Read More →
A Writer’s Surprisingly Healthful Breakfast Cookies
Mona Awad, whose novel “Bunny” is out this month, shares her more interesting alternative to oatmeal. Via:: A Writer’s... Read More →
Molly O’Neill, Writer Who Explored and Celebrated Food, Is Dead at 66
She was a keen observer of what she called the “essential tension in the American appetite,” a reflection of... Read More →
Comics That Capture the City in All Its Human and Physical Messiness
In her Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at new works from Mark Alan Stamaty and Jaime Hernandez that... Read More →
A Literary Detective Returns to Find Trouble in the Country Club Set
Human trafficking lies somewhere beneath the polite socializing in Kate Atkinson’s latest Jackson Brodie mystery, “Big Sky.” Via:: A... Read More →
Susannah Hunnewell, Publisher of The Paris Review, Dies at 52
She had been a member of its literary circles since joining it as an intern under its editor George... Read More →
After Losing His Parents, an Author Wonders: Who and What Is Real?
In “Picnic Comma Lightning,” Laurence Scott combines a memoir about grief with an investigation into the ways technologies blur... Read More →
Keith Botsford, Man of Letters and Saul Bellow Associate, Dies at 90
He was an uncontainable writer (novelist, essayist, biographer and more), started magazines with Bellow and died almost a year... Read More →
Sarah Dessen’s ‘The Rest of the Story’ Lands at No. 2
“I’ve had a lot of young women tell me my books were a friend in high school when they... Read More →