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In Rabih Alameddine’s new novel, a mother and son share a tiny Beirut apartment
As 2025 comes to a close, we're revisiting interviews with this year's nominees and winners of some of the biggest prizes in literature. First up: Ra…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Dorie Greenspan and Paul Hollywood discuss their new and nourishing cake cookbooks
If you’re feeling burnt out from your annual holiday cookie-baking marathon, don’t fear. There’s hope on the other side… in the form of cake. In toda…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
'Unabridged' explores the history of the dictionary – and why it’s in trouble now
Dictionaries were once bestsellers, but between the internet and artificial intelligence, its role in our culture has changed. Stefan Fatsis is out w…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
'Hiddensee' is a 'Nutcracker'-inspired novel from the author of 'Wicked'
In 2017, Wicked author Gregory Maguire set out to tell the backstory of another classic fairytale. His novel Hiddensee focuses on Herr Drosselmeyer, …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Jeff Kinney on his iconic, now 20-book 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series
Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has sold more than 300 million books since the first installment was published in 2007. The star of the ser…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Mahmood Mamdani’s 'Slow Poison' centers politics of belonging in postcolonial Uganda
Mahmood Mamdani — a professor of government at Columbia University and the father of Zohran Mamdani, NYC’s next mayor — has spent decades researching…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Revisiting ‘Waiting to Exhale’
As the film adaptation of ‘Waiting to Exhale’ celebrates its 30th anniversary, B.A. Parker and Andrew Limbong, along with It’s Been a Minute host, Br…
4 months ago
Paul McCartney on his band 'Wings,' plus the story of indie label Bloodshot Records
Two new memoirs zoom in on important moments in music history. First, Paul McCartney’s new book Wings reflects on the life of his post-Beatles band, …
4 months ago
In this novel, the residents of a Brussels apartment building brace for Nazi invasion
33 Place Brugmann opens with a list of the residents of a Brussels apartment building. The year is 1939 and Germany’s invasion of Belgium is on the h…
4 months ago
William Boyd’s 'The Predicament' is a spy thriller with a conspiratorial edge
In William Boyd’s newest novel The Predicament, lead character and travel writer Gabriel Dax becomes a secret spy, scouring the globe on British orde…
4 months ago