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October 17, 2017
Follow a family in quarantine in 'Seven Days of Us'
"Seven Days of Us" (Berkley), by Francesca Hornak Going home for the holidays can be a heartwarming occasion for some.
October 17, 2017
Albania pays last respects to Robert Elsie, folklore scholar
Robert Elsie, a German scholar of Albanian literature and folklore, is being buried in Albania in accordance with his wishes.
Ron Chernow
October 17, 2017
Ron Chernow's latest historical subject: Ulysses Grant
As he began work on what became a thousand-page biography of Ulysses S. Grant, Ron Chernow knew he was joining a very old ...
Beatrix Ruf
October 17, 2017
Director of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum quits
The director of Amsterdam's renowned Stedelijk Museum has quit amid media reports that she engaged in work that could have ...
October 16, 2017
'Death in the Air' tells story of the great London smog
"Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, The Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City" (Hachette), by ...
October 16, 2017
Review: 'American Wolf' explores clash over the gray wolf
"American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West" (Crown), by Nate Blakeslee As the reigning queen of ...
October 16, 2017
Author tells story of female codebreaker in 'Smashed Codes'
"The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies" (Dey ...
October 16, 2017
Review: 'Righteous' elevates author to new level
"Righteous" (Mullholland Books), by Joe Ide The search for the truth can be righteous; so can helping someone who feels ...
October 16, 2017
Upstate NY venue slashes NYC Ballet's residency to 1 week
The New York City Ballet's summer residency in Saratoga Springs is being shortened — again. Elizabeth Sobol, president and ...
October 16, 2017
Richard Wilbur, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 96
Richard Wilbur, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator who intrigued and delighted generations of readers and ...
October 13, 2017
South American Biennale seeks to change the rules of art
The impeccably white Palais de Glace in Argentina's capital is a national historic monument that once housed the country's ...
October 13, 2017
District erases 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from lesson plan
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is being removed from a junior-high reading list in a Mississippi school district. The Sun Herald ...
Bill Clinton, Kathleen Kane
October 12, 2017
Bill Clinton to present honorary prize to publishing CEO
Bill Clinton is coming to the National Book Awards. The National Book Foundation announced Thursday that the former ...
October 12, 2017
Mandela exhibit opens at Clinton Library in Little Rock
Photographs commissioned by the Nelson Mandela Foundation along with a re-creation of the former South African president's ...
October 12, 2017
Exhibition explores African design as agent of change
A new exhibition opening in Atlanta encourages visitors to abandon their preconceived notions about Africa and explore the ...
Walter Issacson
October 12, 2017
Isaacson's new book celebrates genius of Leonardo da Vinci
Researching the life of Leonardo da Vinci left Walter Isaacson in a playful mood. "He's the most fun, joyous person I can ...
October 12, 2017
Collectors drop bid to prevent sculpture's return to Lebanon
A husband and wife from Colorado have dropped their bid to prevent a 2,300-year-old marble bull's head from being returned ...
Buzz Aldrin
October 12, 2017
Rare photos by early NASA astronauts being auctioned off
John Glenn was the first person to snap a photograph of Earth from outer space. Neil Armstrong took the first picture from ...
October 12, 2017
Black novelist Jesmyn Ward 'overjoyed' by MacArthur win
An African-American novelist praised for her raw and powerful depictions of poor African-Americans confronting racial and ...
October 11, 2017
What haunted houses tell us about ourselves and our past
Haunted houses tell us a lot of stories. But those stories are not just about ghosts. Colin Dickey , the author of ...
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