Dec 30 10 of the best books of 2024, according to these experts By Jeffrey Brown Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, recap their highlights. Continue reading
Oct 06 WATCH: South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature By Daniel Niemann, Jill Lawless, Mike Corder, Associated Press Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson praised Han's "physical empathy for the vulnerable, often female lives" of her characters. Continue reading
Jun 20 Need a summer read? Here are 17 books from our experts By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson If you’re lucky enough to have a quiet place to retreat from the heat this summer, we’ve got a symphony of suggestions for novels and nonfiction to keep you entertained. Continue reading
May 01 Paul Auster, celebrated and experimental author, dies at 77 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Dec 15 Here’s a dozen books from 2023 you should read, critics say By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet As the year comes to a close, we’re sitting down with book critics to discuss some of the best books released in 2023. NPR’s Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan and New York Times books editor Gilbert Cruz share their… Continue reading
Oct 04 WATCH: Norwegian writer Jon Fosse awarded 2023 Nobel Prize in literature By David Keyton, Mike Corder, Associated Press One of his country’s most-performed dramatists, Fosse, 64, has written some 40 plays as well as novels, short stories, children’s books, poetry and essays. Continue reading
Jun 23 8 books to read this summer By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet A roundup of favorite books to read this summer from NPR book critic Maureen Corrigan and New York Times books editor Gilbert Cruz. Continue reading
Jun 13 Acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy dies at 89 By Associated Press McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday. Continue reading
May 24 GOP lawmakers pass new standards to ban books from Texas schools By Associated Press Critics say the standards set in the Texas bill are too vague, will snag books that are not inappropriate, and that materials dealing with LGBTQ+ subject matter are more likely to be targeted for bans. Continue reading
Mar 13 Nobel-winning writer Kenzaburo Oe dead at 88 By Mary Yamaguchi, Associated Press The Swedish Academy cited the author in 1994 for his works of fiction, in which “poetic force creates an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today.”… Continue reading