Writer Yanyi Reads A Poem From His Collection, 'The Year Of Blue Water'
For National Poetry Month, writer Yanyi reads a poem from his first book The Year of Blue Water and explains how poetry helped him realize his desires.
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In 'Southern Lady Code,' Helen Ellis Brings Her Hilarity To Southern Manners
Amid disquisitions on the importance of thank-you notes and a hilariously graphic description of a mammogram, Ellis occasionally ventures into more weighty territory in her first work of nonfiction.
Tiger Woods Biographer Says Golfer's Masters Comeback 'Transcends Sports'
Woods' recent Masters title follows a 10-year drought of major tournament victories. Jeff Benedict, co-author of Tiger Woods, says: "What we're seeing now is someone who loves what he's doing."
'Pickle's Progress' Is A Weird — But Secretly Sweet — Journey
Marcia Butler's new novel centers on a drunken, bickering couple whose lives are turned upside down after a car crash. It's a deeply weird book that succeeds because of Butler's considerable charisma.
'The Problem Of Democracy' Looks At Personality's Role In U.S. Leadership
A new book focuses on how the Adams father-son duo spent years abroad making a case for our young country — yet both saw themselves rejected in favor of more charismatic and populist rivals.
Victor Hugo's 'Hunchback Of Notre Dame' Immortalized French Cathedral
Hugo's novel tops Amazon's best-seller list in France, following Monday's fire that ravaged the cathedral. The 19th century story was a campaign to get the cathedral restored.
Climate Change Is 'Greatest Challenge Humans Have Ever Faced,' Author Says
Bill McKibben, who first warned of climate change 30 years ago, says its effects are now upon us: "The idea that anybody's going to be immune from this anywhere is untrue." His new book is Falter.
In 'White' Bret Easton Ellis Falls Victim To The Behavior He Criticizes
It's possible to seriously consider the left's preoccupation with public shaming, its increasingly repetitive vocabulary of resistance and privilege — and do it well. But that's not been done here.
'Normal People' Appeals Across Genders And Generations
Sally Rooney avoids a sophomore slump with Normal People, a will-they-won't-they love story with sympathetic protagonists whose lives are complicated by economic uncertainty and class differences.
WATCH LIVE: Pulitzer Prizes Name A New Crop Of Winners For 2019
Prize Administrator Dana Canedy is stepping behind the lectern Monday to deliver good news to distinguished journalists, authors, musicians, scholars and others ranging across 21 categories.