Tom Wolfe, Author Of 'Bonfire Of The Vanities,' Dies At 88
Best-selling author Tom Wolfe, one of the pioneers of what came to be called "the new journalism," died at a hospital in New York.
Books
'Cult X' Asks How Easily You — Yes, You — Might Be Taken In
Some of the sex scenes in Fuminori Nakamura's new novel Cult X will disturb you — but that's beside the point, because the book has much more disturbing things to say about groupthink and free will.
'Empire At Sunset' Provides A Mesmerizing View Of Jean Rhys
Caryl Phillips' new novel, set in the waning years of the British Empire, follows the perpetually alienated Rhys from her birthplace in the West Indies to England and then the Continent.
An Illustrated Memoir Of The War In Syria
The humanitarian and military crisis in Syria can be hard to see clearly.
But Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple have another way.
He Felt He Could No Longer Be Funny, Says Robin Williams Biographer
Dave Itzkoff examines Williams' life and death in a new biography. Williams took his own life in 2014; an autopsy later revealed he had Lewy body dementia.
Reality TV And Murder In 'The Favorite Sister'
Jessica Knoll's new book The Favorite Sister combines murder with a reality TV show about powerful, ambitious women. She tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro reality TV is her guilty pleasure.
'Little Women' Gets Another Adaptation
Heidi Thomas adapted Little Women for the new PBS take on the beloved story. She tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that both men and women will identify with the story of the family.
'Heroic, But He's No Hero': Revisiting Football Great Jim Brown
Dave Zirin's new biography portrays a black liberation activist with a conservative streak, a man with an alleged history of violence against women and maybe the greatest running back in NFL history.
April Showers Bring These 3 May Romances
Love is in the air, and romance is blossoming like May flowers — so we've gathered a bouquet of the month's best, from a Bollywood-esque confection set in New Jersey to a transatlantic royal romp.
Bloody-Scepter'd 'Tyrant' Explores Shakespeare's Take On Politics
Scholar Stephen Greenblatt says Shakespeare wrote his histories as a commentary on the era he lived in — and those plays still have important things to say about our current political climate.