Arts Dec 09 Literary critics reveal their favorite books of 2025 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
Arts Oct 28 $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum of $50 million over the next… By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Arts Oct 08 WATCH: Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature 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. By Kostya Manenkov, Jill Lawless, Mike Corder, Associated Press
Jul 21 12 books to dive into this summer, according to our literary experts By Jeffrey Brown, Azhar Merchant, Anne Azzi Davenport Here are some ideas to help you choose your next read. 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 28 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan dissident and author who was giant of global literature, dies at 87 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The Kenyan man of letters wrote dozens of fiction and nonfiction books that traced his country's history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only the stories told but the language used to tell them. 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