Arts Oct 07 WATCH: Canadian writer Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature By Jill Lawless, Hillel Italie, Kostya Manenkov, Associated Press
Politics Mar 11 Jill Biden's new memoir will offer her perspective on the decision to end Biden's 2024 reelection bid A political spouse for nearly 50 years, Jill Biden said she has never publicly discussed her feelings about the three-week stretch when her husband ended his political career, instead saving her thoughts for the pages of her soon-to-be-released memoir. By Darlene Superville, Associated Press
Arts Dec 09 Watch 8:03 Literary critics reveal their favorite books of 2025 It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the conversation for our arts and… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Simon Epstein, Daria Nastasia
Arts Dec 09 14 best books of 2025, according to these experts Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. By Jeffrey Brown, Daria Nastasia, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Nov 20 Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards The night’s honorees expressed gratitude for prizes bestowed and for literature itself, and horror and disenchantment at the political and social climate, from immigration raids in the U.S. by masked agents to the carnage in the Middle East. By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Oct 08 WATCH: Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature By Kostya Manenkov, Jill Lawless, Mike Corder, Associated Press The 71-year-old Krasznahorkai is the first Hungarian winner since 2002. He has previously received the Man Booker International Prize and the National Book Award for Translated Literature in the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 26 Judge tosses authors' AI training copyright lawsuit against Meta By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria found that 13 authors who sued Meta “made the wrong arguments.” But the judge also said that the ruling is limited to the authors in the case and does not mean that Meta’s use of… Continue reading
Jun 04 Edmund White, groundbreaking bard of gay literature, dies at 85 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press White documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, plays and such novels as “A Boy’s Own Story” and “The Beautiful Room is Empty.”… Continue reading
May 05 Novelist Percival Everett, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Everett’s Pulitzer confirmed the million-selling “James” as the most celebrated and popular U.S. literary novel of 2024, and accelerated the 68-year-old author’s remarkable rise after decades of being little known to the general public. Continue reading
Oct 17 New book reveals what McConnell called Trump behind his back after the 2020 election By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Mitch McConnell's private comments are by far his most brutal assessment of the former president and could be seized on by Democrats before the Nov. 5 election. Continue reading