National Endowment for the Humanities Announces $31.5 Million in Grants
The third round of funding for the year will support 226 projects across the country.
Frederick Buechner, Novelist With a Religious Slant, Dies at 96
He drew on his theological credentials in essays and memoirs, and his fiction, full of colorful characters, was admired for its elegance, wit and depth.
Nicholas Evans, Author of ‘The Horse Whisperer,’ Dies at 72
He was a first-time novelist whose tale of a manly vocation and family trauma broke publishing and then movie rights records when Robert Redford bought them.
Penguin Random House’s C.E.O. Defends Bid to Buy Simon & Schuster
Madeline McIntosh argued that the publishing industry extends far beyond its biggest players, and that the government has focused on a tiny sliver of deals.
The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates
After the attack, writers and world leaders hailed Rushdie as a symbol of free expression. But the battle lines around his novel “The Satanic Verses” were never cleanly drawn.
Review: ‘Paul,’ by Daisy LaFarge
A debut novel views a middle-aged organic farmer through the eyes of a 21-year-old woman he preys upon.
Audiobook or Podcast? Doesn’t Really Matter.
However you classify them, these narratives combine intellectual rigor with an undeniably bingeable format.
Iran Denies Any Involvement in Attack on Salman Rushdie
A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the country had no part in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, but added that the prizewinning author had crossed “red lines.”
Elana Dykewomon, Author Who Explored Lesbian Lives, Dies at 72
In a five-decade career that began with the coming-of-age novel “Riverfinger Women,” she was outspoken in her fiction, her poetry and her life.
Review: ‘Complicit,’ by Winnie M Li
In her new novel, “Complicit,” Winnie M Li explores the collateral damage of assault on both victims and witnesses.
Jan Longone, Influential Scholar of Food History, Dies at 89
The cookbook collection that began in the basement of her home became the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive at the University of Michigan.
Bookplates, a Vanishing and Nuclear-Strength Charisma
Our critic recommends old and new books.
Book Review: “A History of Present Illness,” by Anna DeForest
“A History of Present Illness” is a fictional account from a first-time author who is a doctor.
Salman Rushdie is attacked onstage in Western New York.
The author was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when an assailant rushed at him.
Review: “Memoirs,” by Robert Lowell
“Memoirs,” a new collection of Lowell’s nonfiction, includes a coming-of-age autobiography that may be the best thing he ever wrote.
Salman Rushdie is stabbed in the neck onstage in Western New York.
The author was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when an assailant rushed at him. Witnesses said the attacker furiously stabbed the writer repeatedly before the police and audience members restrained him.
Roaring Through Paris With ‘Kiki Man Ray’
Mark Braude talks about his new biography of the singer, model, writer and muse.
The Old Men and the Sea
At an annual gathering in Key West, Fla., Ernest Hemingway look-alikes vie for the title of “Papa.”
“Worser” by Jennifer Ziegler
In Jennifer Ziegler’s “Worser,” a precocious logophile learns that the spaces between words are as important as the words themselves.
“Wolfstongue” by Sam Thompson
To save oppressed wolves from authoritarian foxes, a silent boy in Sam Thompson’s Orwellian middle grade novel must learn to speak.
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