Can A Book Club Fight Racism?
This summer, as Black Lives Matter protesters dodged rubber bullets fired by police and Black and brown communities were hit…
Morgan Jerkins On Her New Book, Writing Through Fear, And The Power Of Black Memory
Writer Morgan Jerkins was just 25 years old when her first book, a collection of essays titled “This Will Be…
Royal Insiders Describe ‘Open Season’ On Meghan Markle In British Tabloids
Meghan Markle has faced a barrage of racist and misogynist press coverage from her courtship with Prince Harry to current…
New Book Shines Light On Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle: They Weren’t ‘At War’
Royal insiders Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand document the relationship between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton in their forthcoming book,…
To Survive This Era, Writers Must Rejoin The Working Class
A national economy in freefall. Streets filled with protesters standing shoulder to shoulder. Waves of labor organizing among writers and…
How The Publishing World Is Staying Afloat During The Pandemic
As social distancing reportedly provides the perfect opportunity to, depending on one’s authorial aspirations, either write or finally read “King…
Don’t Tell Kristen Stewart, But A New ‘Twilight’ Book Is Coming This Summer
It’s Edward Cullen’s time to shine — or, well, glitter — in the next chapter of the “Twilight” book saga,…
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Book ‘Finding Freedom’ Coming Out This Summer
Royal fans, get ready to add another book to your reading list. Omid Scobie, royal editor at large of Harper’s…
George M. Johnson’s New Memoir Reminds Us That ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’
If you follow George M. Johnson on Twitter or read any of their articles, it’s apparent that they (Johnson embraces…
‘Jeopardy’ Host Alex Trebek Releasing Memoir One Day Before 80th Birthday
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Trebek, diagnosed last year with stage four pancreatic cancer, has written a memoir. Simon &…
These Are The Most Popular Books Set In Every State
Travel is off the table for now, but if you’re looking to explore the 50 states, there are other ways…
Michael Arceneaux Doesn’t Want To Die Poor, Or At All, During This Pandemic
Michael Arceneaux’s new book, “I Don’t Want to Die Poor,” was always going to be relevant ― even before the…
Samantha Irby Is Saying ‘Wow, No Thank You’ To Your Tired Coronavirus Hot Takes
There’s an essay in Samantha Irby’s new book, “Wow, No Thank You,” that I just couldn’t shake. In “Are You…
Woody Allen Releases Memoir After Quietly Finding New Publisher
NEW YORK (AP) — Woody Allen’s memoir, dropped by its original publisher after widespread criticism, has found a new home,…
What It’s Like To Be A Black Widow
It took Leslie Gray Streeter, a columnist for The Palm Beach Post, almost four decades to find true love. He…
Hachette Book Group Cancels Woody Allen’s Memoir
The Hachette Book Group has decided not to publish Woody Allen’s memoir, “Apropos of Nothing,” after employees of the company…
Brazilian Writer Deletes Children’s Book Co-Written By Kobe Bryant
SAO PAULO (AP) — Kobe Bryant and Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho were working together on a children’s book, but the…
Former Republican National Committee Chair Exposes Hypocrisy Of Current RNC: ‘SOBs’
Michael Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, on Friday accused the RNC of hypocrisy after it emerged…
Trevor Noah Shreds Trump Officials Who ‘Profit Off The Chaos’
Trevor Noah is done with former and current White House officials, and others, writing books about President Donald Trump’s administration.…
Late Night Hosts Deliver Cutting Reviews Of Donald Trump Jr.’s New Book
Donald Trump Jr.’s new book gave the hosts of late night TV an abundance of comic material on Tuesday. “The…
Brazil Newspaper Publishes Gay Avengers Kiss On Front Page To Defy Evangelical Mayor
As Rio de Janeiro’s evangelical mayor battled to ban a Marvel Avengers comic showing two male characters kissing, a Sao…
The Liberating Clarity Of Toni Morrison’s Words
“We die. That may be the meaning of life,” Toni Morrison pronounced in her 1993 lecture for the Nobel Prize…
Megan Rapinoe Nets Book Deal After World Cup Win
The co-captain of the United States Women’s National Team has reportedly signed with Penguin Press to work on an untitled…
‘Fleishman Is In Trouble’ Investigates The Gender Sympathy Gap
A man, a broken marriage, a midlife emotional reckoning: The plot of “Fleishman Is in Trouble” is straight out of…
Washington D.C. Renames Street Outside NASA Headquarters ‘Hidden Figures Way’
Officials in Washington renamed the street outside NASA’s headquarters after the three trailblazing black women who played an integral role…
Kenyan Author And LGBTQ Activist Binyavanga Wainaina Dead At 48
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One of Africa’s best-known authors and gay rights activists, Binyavanga Wainaina, has died at age 48,…
What White, Western Audiences Don’t Understand About Marie Kondo’s ‘Tidying Up’
When I was a child, I often joined my mother in prayer at the shrine in her bedroom. The shrine…
Time Magazine’s Top 100 List Is Almost Half Women For The First Time Ever
“We have 48 women on the list this year, up from 45 last year,” Time Magazine’s editor-in-chief and CEO Edward…
Tomi Ungerer Has Died, But His Frog-Centric Sex Bible Will Live Forever
For years, the late Tomi Ungerer created children’s books and erotica for a fully bifurcated readership. When his worlds collided,…
61 Books We’re Looking Forward To Reading In 2019
Like the mail or the accelerating decay of the planet, book publishing never stops. The new novels and poetry anthologies…
Michael Cohen And The Art Of The Right-Wing Book Deal
On Wednesday, during hours of testimony in front of the House Oversight Committee, Donald J. Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael…
What White, Western Audiences Don’t Understand About Marie Kondo’s ‘Tidying Up’
When I was a child, I often joined my mother in prayer at the shrine in her bedroom. The shrine…
50 Amazing Books By Black Authors From The Past 5 Years
The contributions of black writers to American literature span genres and generations. Black History Month is a great time to…
Tomi Ungerer Has Died, But His Frog-Centric Sex Bible Will Live Forever
For years, the late Tomi Ungerer created children’s books and erotica for a fully bifurcated readership. When his worlds collided,…
Tomi Ungerer Has Died, But His Frog-Centric Sex Bible Will Live Forever
For years, the late Tomi Ungerer created children’s books and erotica for a fully bifurcated readership. When his worlds collided,…
What White, Western Audiences Don’t Understand About Marie Kondo’s ‘Tidying Up’
When I was a child, I often joined my mother in prayer at the shrine in her bedroom. The shrine…
61 Books We’re Looking Forward To Reading In 2019
Like the mail or the accelerating decay of the planet, book publishing never stops. The new novels and poetry anthologies…
Jimmy Kimmel Calls BS On America’s Favorite Novel, And The People Prove Him Right
The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host on Wednesday theorized that the book is really Americans’ “favorite novel to say is their…
No Lie: James Frey Still Sucks
Why do we continually give second, third ― seemingly infinite ― chances to brilliant men who have done wrong? This…
It’s Time To Learn The Name Sally Horner, ‘The Real Lolita’
“Humbert Humbert tried hard to be good,” the protagonist of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita attests, referring to himself in the third…
Reading Between The Lines Of ‘White Oleander’ Almost 20 Years Later
It has been almost two decades since Janet Fitch published her debut novel, White Oleander, about a girl separated from…
J.K. Rowling Can’t Stop Laughing At Trump’s Boast About His Expert Writing Skills
J.K. Rowling had a good laugh on Tuesday when President Donald Trump tweeted about his expert writing skills. The president…
The Impossible Dream Of Jordy Rosenberg
The star of Jordy Rosenberg’s debut novel, Confessions of the Fox, might be familiar to you already. Jack Sheppard, a…
Mary Wings Just Wanted An Orgasm When She Created The First Lesbian Comic Book
Mary Wings knew she desired women way before she knew the word lesbian. When she finally learned the term at…
My Complicated Affair Reading Philip Roth
Like so many early adolescents in the latter half of the American Century, I hid under the bedspread with that…
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Philip Roth Dead At 85
May 22 (Reuters) – Author Philip Roth, who was both hailed and derided for laying bare the neuroses and obsessions…