Arts Sep 09 Cartoonist Art Spiegelman set to receive honorary National Book Award Spiegelman is the first cartoonist to win the DCAL medal from the National Book Foundation, which previously has awarded Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Robert Caro among others.
Nation Aug 14 Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery’ from stabbing, agent says Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.
Nation Aug 13 Attack on Salman Rushdie was ‘preplanned,’ prosecutor says The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime.
Nation Aug 13 Salman Rushdie hospitalized as police seek motive in stabbing Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized Saturday after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing attack as praise poured in for him from the West but he was disparaged in Iran.
Arts Aug 09 Motown hitmaker Lamont Dozier, who crafted dozens of top 10 songs, is dead at 81 Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier has died at age 81.
Arts Aug 08 Grammy-winning superstar Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy in ‘Grease,’ dies at 73 Newton-John, a longtime resident of Australia whose sales topped 100 million records, also won countless hearts as everyone's favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of "Grease."…
Arts Aug 08 David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian who told stories of American life, dies at 89 David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died.
Arts Jul 13 Ada Limón named 24th U.S. poet laureate On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that 46-year-old Ada Limón had been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate.
Nation Jul 03 Centuries-long debate continues over ‘all men are created equal’ Thomas Jefferson helped immortalize the expression, but he didn't invent it. The words in some form date back centuries before the Declaration and were even preceded in 1776 by Virginia's Declaration of Rights, which stated that “all men are by…
Arts May 29 Rocker Ronnie Hawkins, dies at 87, patron of Canadian rock His wife Wanda confirmed to The Canadian Press that Hawkins died Sunday morning after an illness. He was 87.