Authors And Illustrators Of Color Accounted For 22 Percent Of Children's Books
In 2016, people of color wrote or illustrated fewer than a quarter of new children's books. Here's why that matters.
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How Hermann Rorschach's 'Inkblots' Took On A Life Of Their Own
These days, you're more likely to come across the concept of a Rorschach test in a cultural context than a clinical one. In a new book, author Damion Searls traces the history of the famous inkblots.
Dick Bruna, Artist And Author Of The Intricately Simple Miffy, Dies At 89
The Dutch illustrator and children's book author wrote over 120 books and sold some 85 million copies worldwide. But no character earned him greater acclaim than a simple white rabbit.
Book Review: '300 Arguments,' Sarah Manguso
Poetry reviewer Tess Taylor declares Sarah Manguso's new book, 300 Arguments, is poetry, not essays — or is it?
WATCH: Is This Proust? Scholars Say They've Finally Found Author On Film
The French novelist Marcel Proust is regularly listed among the greatest writers of the 20th century. But how did the man move? A professor says the answer is on a wedding film over 110 years old.
'Ghachar Ghochar' Presents A Fretful Vision Of Indian Class Anxiety
The narrator of Vivek Shanbhag's new novel once lived a lower-class subsistence in Bangalore. Critic Maureen Corrigan says Ghachar Ghochar embodies the "fear of falling into economic and moral ruin."
Meet Freda DeKnight, A 'Hidden Figure' And Titan Of African-American Food
DeKnight was Ebony's first food editor and author of a best-selling African-American cookbook in the '40s. Her recipes presented a vision of black America that was often invisible in mainstream media.
Peter S. Beagle Finds Magic In 'Calabria'
Beagle has spent his career writing about unicorns — and he returns to that enclosed garden with In Calabria, the tale of a grouchy farmer who finds a pregnant unicorn investigating his fields.
Funny, Profane 'Dark Flood' Doesn't Go Gently
Margaret Drabble's new novel follows a 70-something woman as she travels around England for her job — working with old age homes — and grumbling about how sad, funny and genuinely absurd aging is.
Author Philip Pullman Announces A Follow-Up Trilogy To 'His Dark Materials'
The British author talked to NPR about The Book of Dust, his return to the world of Lyra Belacqua and armored bears, the first volume of which will be published in October.