Percival Everett’s “James,” his acclaimed retelling of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a fiction nominee for the…
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. -- A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part…
There was a class at my university called Black Arts, Black Power. Lester Fabian Brathwaite’s “Rage” would fit snugly right…
Books about climate change are a dime a dozen these days, but a new one by Porter Fox, who grew…
Percival Everett’s “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the enslaved Jim’s perspective, is among…
Can what looks like running away from grief and sadness actually be a way to heal?In “The Slow Road North,”…
NEW YORK -- The latest Dr. Seuss releases are designed for the very youngest audience. On Thursday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises…
Kate McKinnon, Malcolm Gladwell and Eva Mendes will be among the featured speakers this fall at the 92nd Street Y…
By the time you finish Nate Silver’s new book, you’ll probably want to do something risky. Not for the sake…
For generations raised on dinosaur toys, “Jurassic Park” films and characters like Barney, it's hard to imagine a world where…
As our lives become more automated, increasingly niche jobs materialize to fill in the gaps. Ours is a society in…
LONDON -- Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for…
This book cover image released by HarperCollins Publishers shows "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,"…