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Octogenarian spy master John le Carré to release his 25th novel next year
Author: Michael Schaub
Posted: December 10, 2018, 8:45 pm
The revised 'Bible' of L.A. architecture is out. Let it be your guide
Author: David L. Ulin
Posted: December 7, 2018, 5:00 pm
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, known for her screenplays, wrote of colliding cultures in her fiction
Author: Ilana Masad
Posted: December 7, 2018, 1:00 pm
A poet, pro tennis and a year around the sun: 'The Circuit' by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Author: Walton Muyumba
Posted: December 6, 2018, 6:00 pm
Narratives of the Philippines collide in Gina Apostol's stunning 'Insurrecto'
Author: Rigoberto González
Posted: December 6, 2018, 1:00 pm
James Joyce's glasses fetch $19,000 at auction
Author: Michael Schaub
Posted: December 5, 2018, 5:35 pm
James Frey wins the Bad Sex in Fiction prize for a thong scene in ‘Katerina’
Author: Michael Schaub
Posted: December 4, 2018, 7:20 pm
Pro tip: Do not drag J.K. Rowling and her writing room
Author: Michael Schaub
Posted: December 3, 2018, 7:30 pm
Los Angeles is refracted in all its irreducible, unexplainable glory in ‘Dear Los Angeles’
Author: Tyler Malone
Posted: November 30, 2018, 5:00 pm
Amparo Dávila’s short stories are beautifully wrought nightmares
Author: Juan Vidal
Posted: November 30, 2018, 3:00 pm
In not writing memoir, John McPhee has hit upon its truer form
Author: Willy Blackmore
Posted: November 30, 2018, 1:00 pm
Margaret Atwood reveals more about why she's writing a sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Author: Ashley Lee
Posted: November 29, 2018, 10:20 pm
What book do you love to give as a gift?
Author: Jessica Roy
Posted: November 29, 2018, 9:20 pm
The slightly twisted vision of Edward Carey and his imagined Madame Tussaud
Author: Scott Timberg
Posted: November 29, 2018, 8:00 pm
An elegant restaurant may not be what it seems in Matias Faldbakken’s ‘The Waiter’
Author: Bethanne Patrick
Posted: November 29, 2018, 1:00 pm
'How Long 'Til Black Future Month?' collects the marvelous short fiction of N.K. Jemisin
Author: Liz Hand
Posted: November 28, 2018, 11:00 pm
'The Handmaid's Tale' is a perfect mirror of modern times. Do we really need a sequel?
Author: Libby Hill
Posted: November 28, 2018, 9:25 pm
Bookstore that inspired the movie ‘Notting Hill’ braces for a rush of engagements
Author: Michael Schaub
Posted: November 28, 2018, 5:35 pm
The fierce intelligence of John Scalzi’s ‘The Consuming Fire’
Author: Antony Jones
Posted: November 28, 2018, 5:00 pm
The book ‘Voices’ celebrates the songs a man most wanted to hear before going deaf
Author: Jonathan Leal
Posted: November 28, 2018, 1:00 pm
Writer Linda Fairstein's past as a prosecutor overseeing the Central Park Five case causes award controversy
Author: Steph Cha
Posted: November 28, 2018, 6:30 am
'Misinformation' is Dictionary.com's word of the year. Would we lie to you?
Author: Michael Schaub
Posted: November 27, 2018, 10:45 pm
John Paul Stevens, retired Supreme Court justice, at age 98 has a memoir on the way
Author: Michael Schaub
Posted: November 26, 2018, 7:25 pm
An ugly American tradition that dates back to our earliest settlers: ‘Civilizing Torture’
Author: Colin Dickey
Posted: November 22, 2018, 8:00 pm
For Thanksgiving, gorge yourself on these 7 food-obsessed novels
Author: Michael Schaub
Posted: November 22, 2018, 1:00 pm

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