Lorrie Moore, Attica Locke and Edwidge Danticat will be among hundreds of writers attending this September’s Brooklyn Book Festival, for years one of the literary world’s most anticipated gatherings
July 24, 2024
The nationwide surge in book bannings continues
September 20, 2023
Judy Blume, James Patterson and Michael Connelly are among 24 prominent writers who have raised more than $3 million to help PEN America open a center in Miami and expand it efforts to counter Florida’s surge in book bannings in recent years
October 04, 2023
Geraldine Brooks’ “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” have won awards from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation
October 10, 2023
A buyer from Argentina has paid $42,120 for a manuscript of works, including seven unpublished stories, by legendary Argentine writer Julio Cortázar at an auction in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo
October 12, 2023
A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating wryness and quiet beauty.
October 17, 2023
Author Salman Rushdie called for the unconditional defense of freedom of expression as he received a prestigious German prize
October 22, 2023
A new study from PEN America finds that tens of thousands of books are banned or restricted by U.S. prisons
October 25, 2023
Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter-turned novelist, has died at age 62
November 28, 2023
A rare and newly published Raymond Chandler poem is an ode to his late wife, Cissy, that holds a surprising plot twist
December 11, 2023
With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank’s life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children’s publisher Scholastic
January 04, 2024
While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that determine health and disease. The humanities can help.
January 05, 2024
One of the world’s largest and most influential publishers, Simon & Schuster is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year
January 31, 2024
Ned Blackhawk’s “The Rediscovery of America,” winner last fall of a National Book Award, is a finalist for a history honor presented by the J
February 28, 2024
Allison Winn Scotch has written popular novels including “Cleo McDougall Regrets Nothing” and “Time of My Life.”
March 05, 2024
Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” a hard-hitting and comic novel set in New York City about a Puerto Rican family’s search for a missing girl, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
April 02, 2024
Author Don Winslow has announced that his new novel, “City in Ruins,” will be his last
April 02, 2024
Nearly two years after the shocking knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same
April 19, 2024
A Florida school district banned ‘Ban This Book.’ Author says that’s ‘erasure of the highest order’ and wants it reinstated
July 23, 2024
Newhart showed how standup comedy could also be an art form, particularly with his ‘Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue’ bit.
July 22, 2024
Author-illustrator Brian Selznick’s next book is for all ages
July 11, 2024
Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, has died
June 19, 2024
Gunmen kill a policeman guarding polio workers in northwestern Pakistan
Michigan leaders join national bipartisan effort to push back against attacks on the election system
The trial of lawyers who once represented late Kremlin foe Navalny gets underway in Russia
Flooding in Thailand maroons thousands in northern province
Blinken wraps up Ukraine-focused Europe trip in Poland with arms requests on the table
Hungary ready to sue EU executive over border protection costs, PM aide says
US companies see record-low profits in China amid geopolitical tensions and slow growth, report says
Indian state minister to meet Samsung officials in bid to resolve strike
Pac-12 targeting Boise St., Fresno St., San Diego St., Colorado St. for rebuild, AP sources say
Murdoch succession battle to play out in Nevada courtroom
Reggie Bush was at his LA-area home when 3 male suspects attempted to break in