May 01 Tina Fey’s ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ musical lead Tony Award nominations By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press A British revival of "Angels in America," Tony Kushner's monumental, two-part drama about AIDS, life and love during the 1980s, grabbed 11 nominations. Here's a look at who else got nods. Continue reading
Apr 30 The May pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘Educated’ By Elizabeth Flock "Educated," a memoir by Tara Westover of growing up in a survivalist family in remote Idaho, is our May pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 5:30 ‘Great Lakes’ author Dan Egan answers your questions We’re never going to get complete control of the Great Lakes, says Dan Egan, who recommends greater humility for what nature can do to restore itself. Egan, author of “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,” our April pick… Continue watching
Apr 30 The poet laureate wants you to read this poem By Jennifer Hijazi "There is so much noise in our culture. So many frantic, angry, unreliable voices.... Poetry is an antidote to that."… Continue reading
Apr 27 5 great comics that have nothing to do with ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Michael Boulter The nominees for the so-called Oscars of comics were announced on Thursday. Michael Cavna, writer and artist for Comic Riffs at the Washington Post, offered up his top picks for books that deserve some of the superhero limelight. Continue reading
Apr 25 Why this American cereal heiress amassed a huge Russian art collection By Alison Thoet Marjorie Merriweather Post "was in Moscow at just the right time, when Stalin and his government were selling objects for hard currency.”… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 6:26 Charlotte Pence hopes bunny book ‘Marlon Bundo’ brings people together When the Pence family created an Instagram account for their bunny, few would have imagined its popularity would lead to a children's book -- or that the book, "Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Life of the Vice President," would cause… Continue watching
Apr 24 A poet’s love letters to the outdoors By Jennifer Hijazi Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil writes a love letter to the planet in her latest poetry collection "Oceanic."… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 2:44 In every vital moment, poetry is alive and well By David Gewanter Is poetry dead, too slow for our wired, sound-bitten world? Even if poetry is no more, says David Gewanter, then it still leaves its DNA lying around, or moves like a virus passing from body to body, playing witness to… Continue watching
Apr 21 WATCH: Jeffrey Brown interviews authors at the LA Times Festival of Books By News Desk The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is bringing more than 500 authors and thousands of fans together for a weekend-long celebration of reading. Continue reading