Tell us a New York story: Finalists announced for $50,000 Gotham Book Prize
Rumaan Alam's “Entitlement,” Ian Frazier's “Paradise Bronx” and Lisa Ko's “Memory Piece” are among 13 finalists for the Gotham Book Prize, a $50,000 award for outstanding fiction or nonfiction writing ...
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The Best Books We Read This Week
Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and ...
Book Review: ‘Shattered,’ by Hanif Kureishi
In a new memoir, Hanif Kureishi reflects on a life transformed since he lost the use of his arms and legs.
Authors of fiction, poetry and nonfiction receive $10,000 prizes for blending art and science
Books about a family’s exploration of the natural world, the challenges of parenthood during a time of climate crisis and how animals perceive the planet have won $10,000 prizes for their exemplary ...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Drama. Author Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a Guernsey farmer inviting her to attend his literary society. What Juliet discovers on the island leads to her staying much longer than planned.
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David Lodge, British Novelist Who Satirized Academic Life, Dies at 89
An erudite literary critic with an ear for language, he also wrote a raft of nonfiction books. By John Cotter David Lodge, the erudite author of academic comedy and a wide-ranging literary critic ...