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Betül Tunç's new cookbook shares the recipes behind her viral dough videos
Betül Tunç is the Turkish baker behind the popular Instagram account, @turkuazkitchen. With more than 10 million followers, her account features recipes and photography of sweet and savory baked good…
Published on 11 months ago
Amanda Gorman's 'Girls on the Rise' makes the case that girls are stronger together
Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history when she performed at President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021. Her poetry often deals with topics like gender, race and politics. S…
Published on 11 months ago
In new memoir, Brooke Shields talks aging, beauty and an unwanted medical procedure
Brooke Shields started in Hollywood at just 11-years-old, starring in films like Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon. From that young age, the actress and model was sexualized on and off screen – and dec…
Published on 11 months ago
In 'Welcome to Pawnee,' Jim O'Heir reflects on his time on 'Parks and Recreation'
Parks and Recreation changed the trajectory of actor Jim O'Heir's career. He landed a small part as Jerry Gergich on the NBC sitcom, ultimately becoming a series regular. Now, 10 years after the show…
Published on 11 months ago
Kate Kennedy's 'Cello' is part memoir, part musical detective story
A new book from writer, BBC broadcaster and cellist Kate Kennedy tackles the stories of four cellists connected by a mutual musical obsession. Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound focuses on mus…
Published on 11 months ago
'The Rest Is Memory' is a novel inspired by photos taken at Auschwitz
About 10 years ago, author Lily Tuck was reading obituaries in The New York Times when she came across photos of Czesława Kwoka, a young prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp. Tuck didn't know muc…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Mark Lilla's new book explores the psychology and consequences of willful ignorance
Author Mark Lilla is professor of humanities at Columbia University specializing in intellectual history. His new book, Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know, examines the tendencies for willfu…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
'No Place to Bury the Dead', 'The Hunter' ask what lengths you'll go for others
Two novels explore the way that violence and loss can ripple across a village, town – or even entire countries. First, in Karina Sainz Borgo's No Place to Bury the Dead, a plague that causes amnesia …
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Daylight is something to celebrate in 'The Shortest Day'
We've moved past the shortest day of the year – Dec. 21 – and, now, the days are getting longer. For more than 40 years, people have read and performed Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day" to comme…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
'Small Things Like These' draws from the true story of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries
Small Things Like These is a novella by Claire Keegan that centers around Bill Furlong, an Irish coal merchant who discovers exploitation at a local convent. The story is based on the real-life histo…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago