A Ghanaian 'Housegirl' Navigates A Complex Maze Of Culture And Class
Michael Donkor's debut novel is a story of two teenage girls, pushed and pulled between two worlds.
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Ken Starr's Memoir 'Contempt' Looks At The Rocky Road To Clinton Impeachment
"An indulgent and prosperous nation readily forgave Bill Clinton and instead blamed the prosecutor," Starr writes of investigating the president. "That would be me."
After Hurricane Maria, Chef José Andrés Had A 'Crazy Dream' To Feed Puerto Rico
The James Beard award-winning chef started out preparing food for doctors and nurses. Then calls started pouring in from across the island. The message was clear, he says: "The island is hungry."
Bob Woodward: 'Great Washington Denial Machine' Driven By Politics, Not Truth
The veteran journalist stands behind the reporting in his new book, Fear, and says that administration officials who have denied quotes attributed to them are acting out of "political necessity."
Rediscovering 'The Breakfast Club' With ... Jesse Eisenberg?
Director Jason Reitman staged his annual live reading of a film script at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday night. Aaron Paul, Jesse Eisenberg and Christina Hendricks stepped in.
Bob Woodward Paints A Presidential Portrait Like No Other For Donald Trump
In this account by the longtime journalist, President Trump appears convinced that the same braggadocio that made him rich and made him president will make the world conform to his own view of it.
A Documentary Swipes Left On Dating Apps
Journalist Nancy Jo Sales investigates the impact of online dating tech on offline culture in her first film Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age. Predictably, some of her findings are pretty bleak.
Female Breakout 'Captain Marvel' Screenwriter Is Disrupting The Superheroine Trope
Geneva Robertson-Dworet, who wrote Marvel's first female-led film, doesn't want to be a rarity in Hollywood. To advance these dynamic roles, her suggestion is simple: Hire more women.
3 Required Romances For Your September Reading Pleasure
It's back to school season, which means required reading — so of course, we've got a list of great romances. And they're educational, too — plenty of lessons about life, love and happily ever after.
'Ordinary People' Learn What Happens To Marriage In Midlife
Diana Evans' novel follows two couples — 30-something Londoners — as they navigate friendship, relationships and parenthood. The goal, she says, was to write "about very ordinary moments."