Arts May 14 Alice Munro, Nobel laureate and acclaimed short story author, dies at age 92 Often ranked with Anton Chekhov, John Cheever and a handful of other short story writers, author Alice Munro achieved stature rare for an art form traditionally placed beneath the novel.
Arts May 01 Paul Auster, celebrated and experimental author, dies at 77 Called the “dean of American post-modernists” and “the most meta of American meta-fictional writers,” Auster blended history, politics, genre experiments, existential quests and self-conscious references to writers and writing.
Arts Apr 15 Multiple authors turn down PEN America recognition, citing its stance on war in Gaza PEN’s response to Israel’s invasion of Gaza has been widely criticized by writers who believe the organization has failed to fully condemn the war that has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead, including hundreds of writers, academics and journalists.
Arts Mar 23 Author and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, heir of beloved ‘Babar’ series, dies at age 98 "Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died.
Arts Jan 22 Norman Jewison, ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck’ director, dead at 97 Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement, died “peacefully” Saturday, according to his publicist.
Politics Nov 16 Justin Torres and Ned Blackhawk are among the winners of National Book Awards Justin Torres' "Blackouts" has won the National Book Award for fiction. The nonfiction prize was awarded on Wednesday night to Ned Blackhawk's "The Rediscovery of America."…
Nation Oct 25 Why ‘The Art of War’ and Amy Schumer’s memoir are banned in U.S. prisons Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America.
Politics Jun 16 Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92 Daniel Ellsberg, the government analyst and whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died at 92. Ellsberg had announced in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer.
Arts Jun 14 Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92 Gottlieb died Wednesday and had one of the most remarkable runs of any editor after World War II, helping shape the modern publishing canon.
Nation Jun 06 Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dies at 83 Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on "The Girl from Ipanema" made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83.