Arts Apr 29 New novel imagines how memories can be accessed and reviewed by ourselves and others By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet
Arts Sep 17 Fiction longlist for National Book Awards includes Richard Powers, Lauren Groff Powers' “Bewilderment” is his first book since the Pulitzer winning “The Overstory.” Groff's “Matrix” is her third consecutive work to receive a National Book Award nomination, following “Fates and Furies” and the story collection “Florida.” Anthony Doerr's “Cloud Cuckoo Land”… By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Nation Jun 05 What to read, listen to and watch to learn about institutional racism The myriad consequences of institutional racism is a matter of national conversation and reflection. This list is just a starting point. By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas
Arts May 19 Watch 5:46 Author Lawrence Wright on ‘eerie parallels’ between the pandemic and his new novel Amid a global pandemic comes a novel about a global pandemic. Lawrence Wright wrote “The End of October” before the new coronavirus was discovered in China, but some of its chapters feel ripped from today’s headlines. Wright joins Jeffrey Brown…
Arts Apr 29 Watch 13:43 ‘Disappearing Earth’ author Julia Phillips answers your questions Julia Phillips, author of our April pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Disappearing Earth,” and Jeff announces the May book selection. By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal
Mar 17 Watch 5:06 A look back at what Philip Roth said about ‘The Plot Against America,’ now an HBO series A new HBO series based on Philip Roth's novel “The Plot Against America" reimagines another period of national trauma, but with a fictive twist. In his world, Roth has national hero and aviator Charles Lindbergh winning the 1940 presidential election… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 6:53 This novel makes fun of your child’s meltdown A new, acclaimed novel takes a young child's meltdown and turns it into a surreal satire of modern life. In "Nothing to See Here," author Kevin Wilson uses a universal experience of parenthood to explore some incendiary family dynamics. Wilson… Continue watching
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 16 Man Booker Prize awarded to ‘Milkman’ author Anna Burns By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Burns won the prestigious honor Tuesday for her vibrant, violent story about men, women, conflict and power set during Northern Ireland's years of Catholic-Protestant violence. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch 6:42 New novel ‘A Terrible Country’ rediscovers Russia and its paradoxes In the new novel "A Terrible Country," young, Soviet-born Andrei Kaplan is struggling in his academic career and getting over a breakup, when he returns to Russia to care for his aging grandmother. Jeffrey Brown talks with author Keith Gessen… Continue watching