Book Review: 'Belzhar' By Meg Wolitzer
Novelist Gabrielle Zelvin reviews Meg Wolitzer's new young adult book, Belzhar.
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75 Years Of 'Colossal Poets' And Live Literature At NYC's 92nd Street Y
Writer Cynthia Ozick attended readings at the Y in the 1950s. "You saw these icons standing in a blaze of brilliant spotlight," she says, "and you felt that you were at the crux of all civilization."
Book News: 2 Popular Books May Be Coming To TV
Ann Leckie's sci-fi epic Ancillary Justice and Karen Russell's St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves have been optioned for TV. Meanwhile, a long-lost Malcolm Lowry novel sees publication.
'Slow Regard' Is A Riddle, Wrapped In A Mystery, Living In An Underground Tunnel
Patrick Rothfuss' new novella is a dreamy flight of fantasy that follows a secondary character in his vast Kingkiller Chronicle: Auri, a quiet young woman living in a sprawling, secret tunnel network.
Book Review: 'Nora Webster' by Colm Toibin
Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel by Colm Toibin, Nora Webster.
The Man Behind Wonder Woman Was Inspired By Both Suffragists And Centerfolds
Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, had a secret life: He had a wife and a mistress and fathered children with both of them. Jill Lepore explains in The Secret History of Wonder Woman.
Book News: Happy 100th Birthday, Dylan Thomas
Born on Oct. 27, 1914, the Welsh poet died at 39. But his writing lives on, in his readers' memory and in the performances marking his birth today. Also: a forecast of books to come.
After The Blackwater Convictions, A Book On Iraq's Nightmarish Reality
Four former Blackwater guards were found guilty last week in connection with a fatal shooting in 2007. Author Brian Castner recommends a book on the toll violence has taken on Iraq.
Watch This: Crime Writer James Ellroy Recommends — What Else? — Noir Films
The author of L.A. Confidential discusses his favorite flicks, including a 1963 Akira Kurosawa film he says may be the greatest crime movie he's ever seen.
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LeVar Burton Reads 'Go The [Expletive] To Sleep'
To any over-exhausted parents who suspect they're hallucinating, we assure you: Former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton gave a reading of the 2011 best-seller this weekend.