Book Review: Katie Kitamura’s new novel about an actor explores idea that ‘all the world’s a stage’
Katie Kitamura begins her latest novel “Audition” in a restaurant where an older woman meets a younger man for lunch. She is ...
Review: In ‘The Book of Grace’ at Steppenwolf, a Texas family hurtles toward a reckoning
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has forged a play about the toll that doing a job like intercepting migrants inevitably takes on ...
'All Boys Aren't Blue' tops the ALA's list of most challenged books
Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association.
70 percent of book challenges come from groups, elected officials: Research
More than 70 percent of book challenges in 2024 came from organized groups and government officials, according to the 2025 ...
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Unwieldy, unnerving, and a masterpiece — the last great Yiddish novel has arrived
The esteemed critic Harold Bloom, a native speaker of Yiddish, called Chaim Grade one of the four greatest writers in the ...
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New Cave Canem Book Aims to Uplift Black Literary Organizations
Cave Canem, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the careers of Black poets, has released Magnitude & Bond: A Field Study on ...