Jun 12 2018: In an extensive article in the New York Times, John Kidd reports on "The Strange Case of the Missing Joyce Scholar."
Two decades ago, a renowned professor promised to produce a flawless version of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated novels: “Ulysses.” Then he ...
Jun 12 2018: Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter prize. She was hailed by Harold Pinter’s widow, the biographer Antonia Fraser, as a writer who embodies “those qualities of courage and outspokenness which Harold much admired”.
Jun 12 2018: Jean-Claude Arnault, the French photographer at the heart of the scandal that saw this year's Nobel Prize for Literature postponed, has been charged with two counts of rape dating back to 2011. He denies the allegations.
The Swedish Academy, which handles the prize,...
Jun 10 2018: Ira Berlin, a historian whose research and acclaimed books helped reveal the complexities of American slavery and its aftermath, died on Tuesday in Washington. He was 77.
Jun 10 2018: Anthony Bourdain, the legendary chef and TV personality, died on Friday morning — and people around the world are mourning. Bourdain was a best-selling author and was known for various TV shows, but he’ll be remembered for more than introducing Americans to regional ...
Jun 08 2018: Anthony Bourdain, the gifted chef, storyteller and writer who took TV viewers around the world to explore culture, cuisine and the human condition for nearly two decades, has died. He was 61.
CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of death was ...
Jun 08 2018: Poetry reading in the U.S. has increased, according to new data from the National Endowment for the Arts' 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. Nearly 12% (28 million) adults read poetry in the last year, the highest on record as a share of the total U.S. ...
Jun 07 2018: Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire, which reworks Sophocles' tragedy Antigone to tell the story of a British Muslim family’s connection to Islamic State, has won the Women’s prize for fiction. The book was acclaimed by judges as "the story of our times."
From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past.
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