Oct 25 Watch 7:10 Julie Andrews on fame, family and favorite movies By John Yang, Anne Azzi Davenport Legendary entertainer Julie Andrews will receive the American Film Institute’s lifetime achievement award in 2020. In addition to her theatrical career, Andrews has published more than 30 children’s books with one of her daughters, writer and arts educator Emma Walton… Continue watching
Oct 22 Anonymous official writing 'unprecedented' portrait of Trump's presidency By Associated Press The Trump administration official who wrote an anonymous essay about resistance from the inside has a book deal. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 6:19 How fiction draws Pulitzer-winner Elizabeth Strout home to Maine By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Olive Kitteridge is overbearing and hard to love, as well as complicated and compelling. The character at the center of Elizabeth Strout's 2009 Pulitzer-winning novel is also back -- in a new book called "Olive, Again." Strout takes Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 15 How one corporation exploited the amendment that was meant to protect former slaves By Elizabeth Flock Corporations have often leveraged progressive reforms to serve the ends of business, says author Adam Winkler. "Perhaps more surprising is that corporations have also been innovators in constitutional law."… Continue reading
Oct 14 Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo share Booker Prize By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The judging panel ripped up the rulebook and refused to name one winner for the prestigious fiction trophy. Continue reading
Oct 10 2 Nobel literature prize winners expose Europe's fault lines By Jill Lawless, David Keyton, Associated Press The two winners were a liberal Pole who has irked her country's conservative government and an Austrian accused by many liberals of being an apologist for Serbian war crimes. Continue reading
Oct 10 Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke By David Keyton, Associated Press Two Nobel Prizes in literature were announced because the 2018 literature award was postponed following sex abuse allegations that rocked the Swedish Academy. Continue reading
Oct 05 Writer called a Minnesota county 'the worst place to live.' Then he moved there By Megan Thompson After being convinced by locals to visit Red Lake County, Washington Post data reporter Christopher Ingraham found that he loved it. Continue reading
Sep 19 9 books about dance that will change how you see the art form By Elizabeth Flock Those who write about dance are trying to capture the specificity and physicality through words. A number of books can change our understanding. Continue reading
Sep 19 National Book Awards longlist includes titles on border wall, Tribe Called Quest By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Hanif Abdurraqib's best-selling chronicle of A Tribe Called Quest and a memoir by chef Iliana Regan are among the works on the nonfiction longlist for the National Book Awards, as well as Greg Grandin's "The End of the Myth" about… Continue reading