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17 stories inspired by great American paintings

05 Dec 2019

Ann Levin Writers take their inspiration from a variety of sources: an unforgettable face, overheard conversation or perhaps, a painting. The well-known crime writer Lawrence Block has parlayed that...

‘The Poppy Wife,’ by Caroline Scott

30 Nov 2019

Edie had settled into her grief when the envelope came through the mail slot. No return address, just a smudged postmark from somewhere in France, and, inside, a photo...

‘Sandworm,’ by Andy Greenberg

25 Nov 2019

There’s a riveting story to be told in “Sandworm,” but Andy Greenberg hasn’t figured out how to tell it. Named for an especially pernicious form of malware, “Sandworm” could...

Winfrey, Coates among speakers at tribute to the late Nobel laureate Toni Morrison

24 Nov 2019

In offering tribute to Toni Morrison, speakers from Oprah Winfrey to Fran Lebowitz on Thursday each shared a very different, but equally special portrait of the late Nobel laureate,...

Minter’s 'Secondhand' is argument for tempering acquisitions

21 Nov 2019

Jeff Rowe Americans are an acquisitive people and their craving for ever more stuff ripples around the world, not always to the benefit of the receivers of their excess...

Michelle Obama signs ‘Becoming’ copies on book’s anniversary

19 Nov 2019

Michelle Obama marked one year since publication of her best-selling memoir at a book signing in the nation’s capital on Monday. "It’s so good to meet you,” the former...

Fans and newcomers alike will enjoy 'Twisted Twenty-Six'

17 Nov 2019

Jeff Ayers In "Twisted Twenty-Six," Janet Evanovich's latest Stephanie Plum novel, Edna Mazur, Stephanie's eccentric grandmother, marries a gangster named Jimmy Rosolli but becomes a widow less than an...

'Andromeda Evolution' is sequel to Michael Crichton book

16 Nov 2019

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Michael Crichton's epic novel, "The Andromeda Strain," the author's estate commissioned Daniel H. Wilson to craft a sequel, "The Andromeda...

Author endeavours to show how animals relate to humans

14 Nov 2019

"Our Wild Calling - How connecting with animals can transform our lives - and save theirs," Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, by Richard Louv Are we on the threshold...

Reflections on writing about the lives of Beckett, Beauvoir

12 Nov 2019

Deirdre Bair has spent her life writing well-received biographies of some of the 20th century's most fascinating people, including Al Capone and Carl Jung. Yet the only two subjects...

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